Detectives Arrest Suspect in Weekend Stabbing

  (Bridgeport, CT – June 10, 2014) – Detectives Monday arrested a suspect in connection with a robbery and stabbing that happened over the weekend. Detectives Art Calvao and Chris Borona investigated the attack, which left the victim with multiple stab wounds including to his head, face and chest. The victim was located in the area of Main and Lumber streets. Officer Thomas Lattanzio later developed the identity of a possible suspect. When detectives spoke with the victim, he was able to identify the suspect, Jorge Valle, 28, from a photographic lineup. The victim is expected to recover but suffered from multiple injuries, including a collapsed lung. The detectives Monday went to the business where Valle worked. He was arrested without incident on charges of first-degree assault,…

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Bridgeport News: 3 Shootings and a Stabbing

Here is the police reports on the news we reported to you LIVE as it was happening: Detectives Investigate Three Shootings (Bridgeport, CT – June 9, 2014) – Detectives are investigating three shootings that happened over the weekend. On Sunday just before 2 a.m., Officer Ean Smith and Sgt. Edward Golding police responded to the area of Jane and Beach streets and found the victim suffering from gunshot wounds to his legs. Police recovered a spent shotgun shell in the area and a small knife near where the victim was located. A man who described himself as a friend of the victim said the two had left a local bar not long before the shooting happened. The victim was identified as Maynor Quintanilla. His…

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Detectives Arrest Two Suspects in Violent Armed Robbery

  (Bridgeport, CT – June 6, 2014) – Two men face charges in connection with the armed robbery of a Western Union business in February after a 10-week  investigation by city detectives. Angelo Vinson, 54, of New York, and Joseph Smith, 42, also of New York, were arrested and appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court this week in connection with arrest warrants stemming from a February robbery in Bridgeport. “This was a complex investigation. I can’t say enough about the work the detectives put in and the help we received from patrol officers and the U.S. Marshal’s Service,” said Capt. James Viadero, the supervisor of the detective bureau. “A lot of hours were put into this case. The investigation took us to…

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DoingItLocal.com Remains Independent

Our reporting is totally independent of any organized groups.  The news we gather is mostly from scanner reporting but we do receive some great tips from viewers.  I had a viewer from Westport message me on Facebook that another news source was reporting on something we did not report, YET.  Because it was a press release from the police department.  Yes, we do greatly appreciate the news from the police department...we don't catch everything.  A lot of news sources cut and paste these news reports as news, not as original news or FACT.  That's police state news reporting. Sort of like the comrades from socialist countries.  We are better than that aren't we? I know most of us just want…

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