Westport News: Firefighters Receive Fed Funding For Personal Escape System

#Westport CT--The Westport Fire Department received official notification that we have been awarded $28,814 in federal funding to purchase and outfit our firefighters with Personal Escape Systems. A Personal Escape System is an essential component of a firefighter’s personal protective gear and consists of an anchoring hook, a descent device, life safety rope or webbing, a carabiner and a storage/ deployment bag. These essential pieces of equipment become integrated into a firefighter’s gear by connecting to a harness worn in the protective bunker pants. The equipment purchased with this grant will provide our firefighters with a rapid and effective means of egress should they become trapped by fire and need to bail out of a window. Additionally, it can be…

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Bridgeport News: Suspect Might As Well Have Jailed Himself

7:39pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A man called the police that he was being followed by his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend at Capital and Main Street.  He drove to police headquarters at 300 Congress Street.  The victim turned onto Lyon's Terrace and at the police booking ramp.  Both vehicles stopped and police detained them both.  Police found a firearm in the ex's car and arrested him.   This news report is made possible by:

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Westport News: 2 Nabbed On Forgery/Identity Theft

#Westport CT--On 06/06/18, investigators were contacted by an employee of Toyota of Westport. The vendor who launders employee uniforms turned in a wallet located in the pocket of a pair of pants that had been cleaned. The wallet belonged to ex-employee, Deshawn Sawyer, but was found to contain two checks belonging to a Toyota customer. The investigator learned Sawyer had stolen the checks while he was working as a valet at Toyota. He would then provide them to a friend, Daishaun Murphy, who would deposit them into his account. The victim was contacted and reported another check had been stolen from her and deposited at TD Bank. The check was written out to Daishaun Murphy with “landscaping” noted in the…

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Westport News: Narcotics Arrest

#Westport CT--On 08/29/18 at approximately 3:00pm, an officer observed a vehicle traveling eastbound on the Post Road. A registration check for the vehicle showed the registered owner had an outstanding arrest warrant out of Ansonia, CT. A motor vehicle stop was initiated and the operator was identified as the registered owner, Karsheeem Harmon of Norwalk, CT. As Harmon was taken into custody, 10 folds of heroin were located in his pants pocket. Harmon was transported to headquarters where he was charged with 21a-279(a) Possession Controlled Substance: Narcotics. He posted $1,000 bond, but was detained until he was turned over to Ansonia officers on the outstanding warrant out of their jurisdiction.   This news report is made possible by:

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