Norwalk Carjacking
10:14pm--#Norwalk CT-- Police are looking a gray Honda Odyssey with New Jersey plates taken at gunpoint by four males from the Walmart parking lot at 680 Connecticut Avenue. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Paintballs Being Shot At Cars
6:04pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police are on the way to 500 blocks of Noble Avenue where there is a report of paintballs being shot at cars by from people inside a gray Nissan. This news report is made possible by:
Pedestrian On I-95
3:07pm-- A pedestrian is walking in the left median on I-95 northbound between exits 18 and 19.
STRATFORD – The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting has been awarded to the Town of Stratford by Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for its comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of government accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents significant accomplishment by a government and its management. “I am very pleased to see the work our administration has put forward in financial reporting receive recognition from the GFOA,” said Mayor Laura Hoydick. “Accuracy and transparency in town finances is an essential element to good government. I especially want to congratulate Jay Wahlberg, our town’s Finance Director, and his…
Ansonia News: Man Assaulted
11:10pm--#Ansonia CT-- Police on the scene at the Stelray Products at 50 Westfield Avenue with a person assaulted and with a laceration to the eye according to radio reports. EMS on the way. This news report is made possible by:
Fatal Merritt Crash With Car Fire
UPDATE: State Police accident report says a car operated by Hongying Tian of Avon, CT was traveling at a high rate of speed when she struck a vehicle operated by Ambroos Pilla of New York, New York. Tian's car traveled into the median, breached the metal guide rail and struck a large tree, then traveled across both lanes of Route 15 into the grassy shoulder and came to a rest against several trees and brush. The police report said Pilla's car suffered minor damage no was he injured. Tian was ejected from the vehicle and was transported to Norwalk Hospital by Norwalk EMS where she was pronounced dead. State police are asking that if anyone who may have witnessed the accident to…
Fairfield News: Power Outage
9:38pm--#Fairfield CT-- There is a down utility pole with down wires and and an arching transformer at Parkwood and Crestwood Road. Many homes in the area of Gould Park area reporting no power. UI called to the scene. This news report is made possible by:
Fairfield News: Cops Net Two Shrimp Thieves
9:11pm--#Fairfield CT-- Fairfield Police reel in two men attempting to steal shrimp from the Stop and Shop at 1160 Kings Hwy Cutoff. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Demolition Begins On Boys and Girls Club
#Bridgeport CT-- Demolition began on the Wakeman's Boys and Girl Club located at 555 Madison Avenue today. This was a long time in coming said Mayor Ganim. City Council Member Jeanette Herron said City council member Tom McCarthy began the push for a new club for over fourteen years and Jeanette has been pushing for over twelve years. A fire tore through the club in February of this year. Mayor Ganim credited state representative Steven Stafstrom with maintaining the money earmarked for this project from being cut by the state. Wakeman's Boys and Girls Club Board of Trustees Jack Collins said he expects the new club's ribbon cutting sometime in the end of 2019.
Pursuit Update
#Bridgeport CT-- In a story you saw first on DoingItLocal, a pursuit that began in Bridgeport and into Brookfield, state police apprehended two later in the day. State police said the entered the pursuit while in Newtown but they lost sight of the white Honda. Around 7:10, the pursuit began around 6:30 in Bridgeport. The vehicle was seen near exit 14 of Route 84 and engaged in pursuit to exit 17 around exit 14 when it entered Route 8 south of Waterbury. The Honda crashed on Charles Street off exit 30 and the occupants fled on foot. Waterbury Police and a State Police K9 located the suspect who ran to a neighboring home to evade the police. Police was alerted…