Bridgeport News: Batting Cage For Bassick

#Bridgeport, CT –In an ongoing effort to support the City’s youth sports programs, Mayor Ganim in partnership with the Bridgeport Police Department utilized grant funds issued by the State of Connecticut Court Support Services Division to purchase a batting cage with pitching machine which has been installed at Bassick High School.  The equipment will be available to over 150 kids who participate in baseball and softball programs at Bassick, Harding and Central high schools.   “This is just one of our commitments to giving back to Bridgeport students,” said Mayor Ganim. “Our focus has to be the youth and supporting their athletic activities. Sports and other extracurricular programs are an integral part of an educational experience. We need to build…

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Norwalk News: Death Investigation Arrest

On August 16, 2016, the Norwalk Police Department responded to an unresponsive male medical aid call at 146 Silvermine Avenue, the Connecticut Department of Developmental Service Lower Fairfield Center. Thomas Lanza, a fifty- year-old resident of the facility was transported to the Norwalk Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The Department of Developmental Services (DDS) is responsible for the planning, development and administration of complete, comprehensive and integrated statewide services for persons with intellectual disabilities. Norwalk Police Detective Dominick Cisero assumed the death investigation. After a lengthy investigation including multiple search warrants and employee interviews it was determined, that Jamal Lee was the person responsible for Thomas Lanza’s care on August 16, 2016. It was also determined that there…

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Trumbull Teen Charged With Sexual Assault

#Trumbull CT--On Friday, May 12, 2017, Trumbull Police charged a fifteen (15) year old Trumbull teenager with sexually assaulting an eight (8) year old female neighbor in his house last Monday afternoon, May 8, 2017. The mother of the eight-year-old female victim reported to police that last Monday afternoon at about 4:30 p.m. she called outside her front door for her daughter to come home, then saw her daughter run from the teenage male’s house nearby. The victim told her mother that the male had grabbed her and pulled her inside the house, where he then touched her inappropriately. The child’s mother immediately reported the incident to police. Trumbull Police later obtained expert assistance from a Child Sexual Assault Forensic…

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