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GOVERNOR LAMONT ACTIVATES EXTREME HOT WEATHER PROTOCOL THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

Jul 8, 2024 Alex

Cooling Centers Are Available and Can be Located by Calling 2-1-1 or Visiting 211ct.org (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that due to a weather forecast indicating that Connecticut will experience very hot and humid temperatures over the next several days, he is directing Connecticut’s Extreme Hot Weather Protocol to be activated effective at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, July 8, 2024, and remaining in effect through 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. The current forecast is indicating that temperatures over this period during the daytime will rise into the 90s and the heat index will be between 95 and 100 degrees. Overnight temperatures are expected to be very uncomfortable, with lows only falling to the 70s and dewpoints…

Westport

I-95 Rollover

Jul 8, 2024 Stephen Krauchick

#Westport CT-- According to our viewer Paulina who sent this in: "2 stolen cars, splitting lanes on the highway and one flipped and the passengers in the flipped car jumped into the other stolen car and took off. Also, one other car involved in accident. Took out a lamp post on 95, northbound between 18 and 19"> 2024-07-08@9:58am

Fairfield

Barge Fire Interrupts Fireworks

Jul 7, 2024 Stephen Krauchick

2024-07-07@9:24pm--#Fairfield CT-- The firework display was interrupted as they had to extinguish a fire on the firework's barge.

Valley

Shelton News: Jet Ski Accident

Jul 7, 2024 Stephen Krauchick

2024-07-07@7:32pm--#Shelton CT-- A report of two jet skis colliding with one jet ski taking on water in the Housatonic River near Wooster Island. One person made it ashore to Wooster Island with a head injury.

Norwalk

Norwalk News: Two Sexual Assault Involving A Minor Arrests Made

Jul 7, 2024 Alex

On Wednesday, June 26th, Detectives from the Norwalk Police Special Victims Unit, with assistance from the Monroe Police Department, located and arrested Joseph Mejia of Charlotte, North Carolina, at a residence in Monroe, CT. After a several months-long investigation, a warrant was obtained for Mejia, charging him with Sexual Assault 4th Degree and two counts of Risk of Injury to a Child. The investigation centered around an incident from 2021 involving Mejia and a minor. Mejia was held on a $500,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on July 10, 2024. In May of 2023, the Norwalk Police Department’s Special Victims Unit began investigating an incident where a 4-year-old child was reported to have been sexually assaulted by…

Bridgeport

Attic Fire

Jul 7, 2024 Stephen Krauchick

2024-07-07@5:42pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Firefighters on scene of an attic fire on Lewis Street. Everyone is out safely firefighters kept the fire from spreading to any other part of the home.

Bridgeport Valley

Officer Struck

Jul 7, 2024 Stephen Krauchick

2024-07-07@2:11pm--#Derby CT-- #Bridgeport CT-- State Police were on a foot pursuit of a male off exit 16/5th Street/Caroline Street who is wanted in hitting (not sure if it was car or fist) a Bridgeport Police Officer. I'm trying to get more details.

Stratford

Stratford Library Events in the First Half of July

Jul 7, 2024 Alex

Summer Reading Sign-Ups: Sign-ups for the Stratford Library’s Summer Reading program continue throughout July for all ages. Pre-readers up to age 8 can join the Read to Me Program, completing activities for a prize and receiving an invitation to a party on September 12. Readers through age 12 can sign up to receive monthly prizes and qualify for a party with Mayor Hoydick and the Library on August 7. Sign up on the Library website or in person. Kids Podcasting Club: The Podcasting Club meets on Monday, July 8, and 22 at 2:30pm for ages 7-13 with a parent/guardian. Registration is required. Harmonica Lessons: Harmonica lessons with Mr. Walter will be held on Tuesday, July 9, 16, and 23 at…

Fairfield

Tonight’s Vehicle Fire

Jul 6, 2024 Stephen Krauchick

2024-07-06@10:30pm--#Fairfield CT-- Tonight's car fire was on Alyssa Lane. It was smoldering on the firefighter's arrival. The car may have been stolen out of Pound Ridge New York, police investigating.

Norwalk

Norwalk News: Arrest Made in Child Endangerment Case

Jul 6, 2024 Alex

On May 15, 2024, Norwalk Police patrol officers responded to a call about a 6-year-old child who had not returned home from after-school activities sponsored by the Norwalk Housing Authority. Officers found the child asleep in a Housing Authority passenger van parked in their lot. A follow-up investigation by the Special Victims Unit revealed that Vladimir Galette, the Housing Authority van driver at that time, had failed to follow protocols by not checking the van for passengers before securing it for the evening. An arrest warrant for Reckless Endangerment in the Second Degree was applied for and granted. Galette, age 47, was located on July 4th in Stamford and arrested without incident. He was charged with Reckless Endangerment in the…

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GOVERNOR LAMONT ACTIVATES EXTREME HOT WEATHER PROTOCOL THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

I-95 Rollover

Barge Fire Interrupts Fireworks

Shelton News: Jet Ski Accident

Norwalk News: Two Sexual Assault Involving A Minor Arrests Made

Attic Fire

Officer Struck

Stratford Library Events in the First Half of July

Tonight’s Vehicle Fire

Norwalk News: Arrest Made in Child Endangerment Case

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