Bridgeport News: Suspect Arrested for Attempted Armed Robbery
Here is the police report on the robbery we reported live as it was happening: #Bridgeport, CT – Aug. 14, 2014 – A shoe less teen faces robbery and weapons charges after police interrupted an attempted armed robbery on Fairfield Avenue. Officer Anthony Gianpoalo was on patrol traveling on Clinton Avenue near Fairfield Avenue when he heard yelling and observed a man on the ground outside the Gulf Station at 1267 Fairfield Ave. with a man standing above him holding his waistband. When Gianpoalo pulled into the gas station, the suspect started walking away and the man on the ground ran toward the officer and stated that the suspect had just tried to rob him and was armed with a gun. Gianpoalo chased…
