12:00am--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- Police have been busy breaking up loud college parties at Thorme Street, Chopsey and Old Town, 465 Burnsford Avenue and a very large/loud party at 3671 Old Town which required multiple police units to respond. This news report is made possible by:
#Fairfield, CT--Butterflies in My Backyard…what a lovely thought during the frigid month of January. The Fairfield Public Library will be hosting Lepidopterist Victor DeMasi on Saturday, January 21 at the Main Library, 1080 Old Post Road. The program will be held at 2 pm in the Rotary Room. DeMasi will take us through his butterfly meadow in Redding, CT and show us some of the rare and common species he has seen in his forty years of stewardship. There will be a discussion of butterflies in our changing environment with issues such as climate change and invasive plant species. Victor DeMasi is a research affiliate at the Yale Peabody museum of Natural History in New Haven and a wetland conservation…
10:40pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- A car has hit a utility pole at Broad and Gregory Street with injuries according to radio reports. This news report is made possible by:
5:19pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut--Police locate a stolen vehicle on Yarmich and Reservoir Avenue, they follow it to Trumbull Avenue to Sunshine Circle where a brief foot pursuit took place. K-9 enjoyed it's fast food meal. EMS on the way. Two in custody. This news report is made possible by:
3:14pm--#Bridgeport CT-- If you are in the area of Fairfield Ave and Park Ave be careful of the two cars chasing after each other in the area. This news report is brought to you by: and by YOU the patron! Support us here at https://www.patreon.com/doingitlocal
On January 17, 2017 at approximately 12:00am, Westport Officers responded to the area of Post Road East and Compo Road on a report of a disabled vehicle at the intersection. Officers located a vehicle stopped in the travel portion of the roadway. The operator, later identified as Noura Yousef, was asleep in the driver’s seat. Officers were able to wake up Yousef, who appeared to be disoriented and possibly under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Officers observed several glass pipes in plain view as they interviewed Yousef. The pipes observed are commonly used for smoking crack cocaine or other narcotic substances. Officers then searched the vehicle, and discovered a FedEx package with an object tightly wrapped inside it. Based…
2:56pm--Reports of shots fired by occupants in two cars at each other in the area of Norman/Beechwood/Linwood area. So far no one or anything reported hit. This report is made possible by:
2:37pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- Food burning on the stove is the reason the firefighters are at 2400 North Avenue. People were being evacuated as a result. This news report is made possible by:
#Bridgeport Connecticut--On January 7, 2017, Elianna Cruz was seated in a parked vehicle at 1001 E. Main Street, Bridgeport. Also inside this vehicle were three other males. At approximately 9:05pm, two males walked though the parking lot of this location, and one of the males opened fire on the vehicle, striking Cruz. Cruz was transported by private vehicle to Bridgeport Hospital, where she remained until passing away on January 11, 2017. Detectives do not believe Cruz was the intended target in this shooting. Investigators quickly identified the suspected shooter, and Detective Heanue prepared an arrest warrant that was signed by a Superior Court Judge on January 18, 2017. On January 19, 2017 a 16 year old juvenile male was served this…
On 09/21/16 at approximately 6:30pm, Westport Officers were dispatched to 1790 Post Road East, Stop and Shop, on a larceny complaint. Loss Prevention had the suspect, Louis Bottone, in custody. Bottone was arrested that day for stealing energy drinks. Officers were informed that Bottone was suspected of stealing $111.91 worth of energy drinks on 09/06/16. Officers viewed the surveillance footage from 09/06/16 and positively identified Bottone as the suspect. A warrant was submitted to Norwalk Court for the larceny committed on the 6th . On 01/14/17, Westport Officers responded to the Monroe Police Department to take custody of Bottone. He was processed for the above listed charge and has a court date on 01/19/17. (Westport Police Press Release)
