Protestors Enter Synagogue  to Interrupt Meeting

In a report we were first to bring you before all the other media, the Westport Police press release verifies our first report! No expensive cable subscription needed for local news with DoingItLocal.com! #Westport CT--At approximately 1 PM Tuesday, the Westport Police Department received a complaint from Temple Israel about unwanted people protesting at the property. Shortly after the initial  dispatch to responding units, the communications center started to receive additional calls reporting that a person had a gun. The first two arriving officers were able to take custody of the two individuals on the second floor meeting room where staff had physically detained them. During the initial response Coleytown Middle School, Coleytown Elementary School, the Pre School at the Unitarian Church and the Temple…

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Bridgeport News: Motorcycle Hits Police Car

8:03pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police were in a brief pursuit from East Main and Arctic area to Boston Avenue after the motorcyclist hits a police car in the door.  The pursuit ended when police lost him in the Boston Avenue area.  An officer on patrol spotted the bike a short time later going about 100 mph but did not attempt to pursue.    Police found the bike, a blue Suzuki abandoned near the CVS.   This report sponsored by:

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Merritt Crash

UPDATE: First responders reporting a 3 car crash, no entrapment but there are 5 people injured and additional ambulances have been dispatched to the scene. 7:16pm--#cttraffic--#Fairfield CT--Merritt Parkway southbound between exits 44 and 42 a rollover crash with people still trapped in the car according to radio reports.  First responders on the way.   This report sponsored by:

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Bridgeport News: Firefighters Respond To Two Calls

5:50pm--#Bridgeport CT--Two seem to be the magic number first for police covering two accidents at the same time, now two calls for firefighters at the same time.  First call was for 73 Eaton Street where firefighters found food burning on the stove but no fire extending anywhere else.  Second call at 376 East Washington Avenue for a stove fire that caused a heavy smoke condition on the third floor.   If it were really bad our sponsor would make it Like It Never Even Happened!

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Bridgeport News: 2 Accidents 2 Incidents 2 Blocks Apart

3:30pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police were busy with two separate accidents on Fairfield Avenue within two blocks from each other.  The first occurred as a city bus on Fairfield Avenue turned onto Norman Street and appears to have hit a parked car.  The second accident was Fairfield Avenue near Clinton Avenue where two cars collided .  Two people were injured in the crash and transported to the hospital by AMR.

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Westport News: Lockdown at Schools and Temple Israel

2:11pm---#Westport CT--Temple Israel at 14 Coleytown Rd along with  Coleytown Middle School and Coleytown Elementary School went into lock down after a report of a man with a gun in Israel Temple.  Police tell me that two people entered the temple to interrupt a meeting and someone said that someone had a gun which appears to be false because no gun was recovered.  Mutual aid from Weston  and additional Westport Police shifts were called in.  Two were taken into custody and the lock down has been lifted.  Schools are beginning their routine dismissals.   This report has been made possible by:

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