1:00pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Firefighters are at ABCD at 1070 Park Avenue investigating an odor of gas indoors. Traffic on Park Avenue near the building may be slowed due to fire apparatus, please drive carefully in the area. This news report is made possible by:
UPDATE: Fairfield police said Daniel Scott Kurimsky of Shelton died after he was hit on Metro North train tracks around 12:45 a.m. Police said Kurimsky worked Geronimo Southwest Grill and Tequila Bar which was open until 9pm. The Office of the Chief Medical examiner is ruling it an accident and the Metropolitan Transit Authority is still investigating the incident 1:00am--#Fairfield CT-- #MTA--A man walking on the tracks in the Fairfield/Southport area of town was killed. The location was behind Lacey Lane, a private roadway. The man was thrown into the Mill River which ran under the train tracks. Assistant Fire Chief Roger Caisse told me that firefighters had deployed their Rapid Deployment Craft which assisted the firefighters in locating…
#Bridgeport CT-- Wednesday, Ribbon-cutting for the new Bridgeport Police Post located at St. Vincent’s Emergency Room providing an improved sense of safety and reducing response time in the event of an emergency. St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation presented the Bridgeport Police Department (BPD) with 400 individual bleeding control kits for its police officers, a donation valued at $40,000. In the event that an officer suffers a gunshot wound or is otherwise injured in the line of duty, these kits will enable them to apply either self-aid or “buddy” aid to their partners.
8:40pm--#Bridgeport CT-- #cttraffic-- A crash on I-95 southbound where else, 27A between a car and truck. First responders on scene. It looks like construction right after this too!
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4:49pm--#Milford CT-- #cttraffic-- If traveling on I-95 in Milford watch out for the group of children riding their bicycles on I-95 between exits 35 and 34. State Police on the way.
4:40pm--#Fairfield CT-- First responders are on the scene of a two car crash with injuries in front of Rawley's at 1886 Post Road. This news report is made possible by:
7:19pm--#Bridgeport CT--A bicyclist has bee hit at the intersection of Railroad and Myrtle Avenue. First responders on the way. This news report is made possible by:
#Fairfield CT--The Fairfield Police Explorers attended the 2017 Cadet Police Academy held at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, July 23-29. A total of 350 cadets and 90 police officers and civilian staff from Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts attended the week-long academy. The Cadet Police Academy is a comprehensive and challenging experience in the field of Law Enforcement. The Academy has been designed to provide Cadets with a broad exposure to modern day police work. Each level is a one week program and takes the full week to complete. All staff members are volunteers to the program and are either sworn Law Enforcement Officers or adult advisors for their respective programs attending the academy. The Cadets were…
#Trumbull CT--Trumbull Police arrested five (5) teenagers in a stolen vehicle after they were involved in a theft at the Westfield Trumbull Mall and then led officers on a high-speed pursuit Saturday for several miles. The vehicle was finally stopped on Route 25 in Trumbull where police apprehended the four (4) juveniles and one 18-year-old from Hartford: Johnny Aspiliare. The incident began when a mall employee reported that her bag was stolen from her as she sat inside her vehicle during her lunch break. A young male, later identified as a 16- year-old juvenile from Waterbury, reached into the vehicle and grabbed the bag off of the passenger seat through the vehicle’s open window. He then ran to an awaiting…
