Bridgeport News: Firefighters Called Due To Burnout Smoke
2019-11-26@4:50pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Firefighters were called to Ridgewood Place for smoke in the area. Turns out to be from a vehicle burnout. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Youth Shot At
2019-11-26@2:28pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Another youth was shot at but not hit on Ogden Street Extension and Ogden Street in a drive-by shooting. Police are blocking off the area and investigating. This news report is made possible by:
Westport News: DUI Enforcement
#Westport CT--Thanksgiving marks the start of the holiday season, a time of the year characterized by frequent travel to bring us into the company of family and loved ones. Although known as a time of celebration, sadly this season also annually brings a significant increase in DUI related arrests and crashes. Drunk driving is still the number one cause of death on our roadways, yet it is estimated that adults drink too much and drive about 121 million times per year; approximately 300,000 incidences of drunk driving each day. If you drive while impaired, you could be arrested, or worse, be involved in a traffic crash that causes serious injury or death. In Connecticut and every other state, it is…
Trumbull News: Infant Left Unattended In A car
2019-11-22@12:00PMish--#Trumbull CT-- Trumbull Police arrested a woman for leaving an infant unattended in a motor vehicle while she was shopping and eating food at a store inside the Hawley Lane Mall. Angela Ruggiero, age 38 of Beacon Falls, was charged with Risk of Injury to a Minor, and Interfering with an Officer after she struggled with officers who were called for a trespassing complaint at the store. Ruggiero’s 13-month-old niece was located inside of a 2017 Nissan Sentra that was parked in the mall parking lot, where she had been left unattended for nearly an hour. Just after 12:00 noon, employees of the Five Below store reported that Ruggiero appeared to be intoxicated and was eating food while shopping…
Bridgeport News: Manhunt Puts Schools In Lock-In/Out
2019-11-26am--#Bridgeport CT-- A citizen called police for two males with guns and masks on Radel Street (off Stratford Avenue near Bruce Street). As police approached the suspects took off at a high rate of speed and was driving recklessly down Bishop Avenue towards Boston Avenue. They fled on East Avenue after crashing according to radio reports(this whole report is from police radio reports). Police asked the schools in the area to go into lock in/out. Police have one person in custody in the backyard on Willow Street. One still at large. This news report is made possible by:
Student Loan Forgivness
#Hartford, CT -- Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 21 state attorneys general today in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in support of public servants who have been denied promised federal student loan debt forgiveness. The U.S. Department of Education has committed pervasive errors in administering the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. As a result, less than one percent of all applicants have received relief. In their brief, Attorney General Tong and the coalition stress the importance of the PSLF programs and ask the Court to closely review borrowers’ specific allegations. In July, the American Federation of Teachers sued Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education for…
Blumenthal Concerned About Keyless Cars
WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Deb Fischer (R-NE), and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) introduced the Stop CO Poisoning Exposures (SCOPE) Act to help protect consumers from the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning associated with keyless ignition technology in vehicles. The bipartisan SCOPE Act requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to finalize a rule that vehicles automatically shut off after a period of time to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning. Because different vehicles emit carbon monoxide at different rates, this bill would authorize NHTSA to establish different periods after which a vehicle would have to shut off. ““This legislation will require NHTSA finally take action to protect American drivers from the fatal risk of carbon…
Westport Holiday Toy Drive
The Westport Police Department Local Union #2080 and Police Benevolent Association will be hosting their annual Holiday Toy Drive, which provides toys for underprivileged children throughout Fairfield County and beyond. The program has been extremely successful in the past, allowing for thousands of toys to be distributed to children who otherwise would have none. We ask for your continued support and generosity to help make this year’s drive as successful as in the past. By doing so, you will bring joy to so many children who often have none. Westport Police Officers will accept new, unopened, and unwrapped toys, as well as cash donations, in the parking lot of ASF Sports & Outdoors, located at 1560 Post Road…
Bridgeport News: Robbery In Black Rock
2019-11-25@5:12pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police are investigating a robbery at Ellsworth and Fairfield Avenue. The woman was robbed of $250 she had to purchase a cellphone by 3 males all around the age of 17 years old, matching the description of a robbery a week ago. This news report is made possible by:
Mayor Ganim Announces New Leadership
BRIDGEPORT, CT – Mayor Joe Ganim today announced new leadership staff in the Chief Administrative Office, Police and Fire Departments, as well as Labor Relations. Following a Town Hall meeting with employees last week, Mayor Ganim expressed that restructuring of city departments and staff will be imminent in order to “be the best, and do the best for our community,” he is following through with filling key leadership roles with talented and experienced individuals in various essential departments. Mayor Ganim is pleased to announce the entire staff of the CAO’s Office headed up by newly appointed Chief Administrative Officer Janene Hawkins, formerly Director of Labor Relations, and the appointment of Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Reverend Dr. Herron Gaston, with…