Westport News: Fake License Used To Obtain UPS Packages

#Westport Connecticut--In October of 2016, suspect Leeroy Maragh fraudulently obtained packages being delivered to a Westport address by stopping the UPS driver and presenting a fake CT driver’s license identifying himself as the homeowner / victim of this incident. The UPS driver found this strange so he took a photograph of the license. Westport Detectives were able to match this type of Identity Theft to similar crimes committed in Redding and Stratford. Detectives positively identified Maragh as the suspect because he was arrested in Redding for the same crime. Stratford also had a warrant for the same crime. Additionally, the victim of this incident identified Maragh from a photograph line up. Detectives processed Maragh at Norwalk Court this morning and…

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Crashes

11:30AMish--#Bridgeport Connecticut--#Fairfield CT-- 2 crashes to report.  A car has hit a utility pole at East Main and East Washington Avenue.  In Fairfield a two car crash with airbags deployed on Kings Highway at New England Avenue.  No word on any injuries.   This news report is made possible by:

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Bridgeport Mayor Touts Convict Re-entry

Bridgeport, CT – Mayor Joe Ganim  is touting the substantive accomplishments of the Mayor’s Initiative on Re-entry Affairs (MIRA), a comprehensive city government program launched by Mayor Ganim in August 2016 to help formerly incarcerated individuals in Bridgeport advance their careers and establish new lives.  When the program launched, city officials managing the MIRA program estimated they would reach 50 returning citizens in the first few months.  Instead, MIRA has engaged with more than 155 returning citizens from Bridgeport more than doubling this prediction by engaging with 139 returning citizens from the City of Bridgeport, and enrolling more than 120 into the program.  MIRA has successfully referred nearly 70 returning citizens for employment, and successfully placed more than 55 individuals…

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Bridgeport Snow Emergency Is Still In Effect

Bridgeport, CT – The City of Bridgeport Snow Emergency is still in effect today, February 10, 2017 to allow for continued citywide snow clean up. During the snow emergency, residents must move their cars off posted snow emergency streets. Alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect as of 12:00 p.m. today for all other streets throughout the city in order to allow snow plow drivers’ clear passage. Alternate side parking will be in effect until further notice. Snow emergency streets are marked with white signs with red lettering. A list of snow streets can be found on the City’s website by clicking here or the full link: http://www.bridgeportct.gov/content/89019/89753/95485/95497.aspx   Please be advised if refuse and recycling was…

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