Bridgeport News: Purse Snatching
1:34pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a purse snatching that just occurred at Frank Street and Catherine Street. The snatchers fled towards Nanny Goat Park. Update-- One suspect is now in custody.
1:34pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a purse snatching that just occurred at Frank Street and Catherine Street. The snatchers fled towards Nanny Goat Park. Update-- One suspect is now in custody.
12:45pm--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters on the way to Iranistan and Gregory Street where there is a car stuck in the water and occupants are stuck inside. If it looks flooded it probably is! Don't take a chance and you can't blame it on Friday the 13th! The occupants of the car on Iranistan and Gregory got out safely.
12:11pm--#Bridgeport CT--Boston Avenue at Seaview Avenue is closed due to flooding. We will update this thread as we receive more road closures. You can post road closures you have found here too to warn your neighbors. UPDATES: Iranistan and State Street is closed and underwater. East Main and Crescent now closed. State Street and Iranistan Avenue now closed. Why bother running out in the rain? FREE prescription delivery to Bridgeport-Unity Pharmacy (203) 955-1781 1326 Post Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824
12:00pm--#Fairfield CT--The underpasses on Post Road at North Benson Road, Round Hill Road and Mill Plain Road are closed due to flooding from the heavy rains. You can expect roads that are prone to flooding to be closing soon. Are you putting in a pool, putting up a fence or just need to know where your property lines and boundaries are located? Call Land Surveying Services, LLC at 203-522- 4177 for a stake out of your property. Surveyors always measure up.
I had the real pleasure of meeting Marlon aka Marlon the Baker. He has two bakeries, one at 1209 East Main Street in Bridgeport and the other at 1400 Boston Post Road in Milford. He also runs a food truck located outside St. Vincent's Hospital. A real success story. Just a few short years ago he was the chef at Christian Heritage School in Trumbull. I haven't had a chance to try his food but I'm told it is the freshest in town. He is thinking of advertising with us to show you his masterpieces. How about some likes for Marlon?!!
12:50am--#Bridgeport CT--A woman called police that she heard a loud explosion at the Bishop Curtis Homes on Jewett Avenue. Firefighters are on scene and UI is on the way. Too bad the didn't have battery back up!
12:59am--#Bridgeport CT--UPDATE from Bridgeport Police: A 30-year-old man was stabbed in the shoulder just after midnight this morning by a woman he knows. Officer Ferdinand Ferrao and Sgt. Edward Golding responded to the area of Park Avenue and Olive Street on a report of a stabbing. They located the victim, Brishawn Beason, of Bridgeport, who stated he was accosted by two acquaintances. He stated the female stabbed him in the shoulder while her brother was fighting with him. He only knew the suspects by their first names and believed that the attack was the result of his interest in another female. He proceeded to say that he never dated the female who stabbed him so he didn’t understand why she attacked him. The…
11:20am--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters on scene at 785 Chopsey Hill Road for smoke in a basement. Firefighters did not find smoke on their arrival but they are investigating.
9:11pm--#Shelton CT-- Report of a water main break at Beardsley and Nichols Avenue. The road should be closed overnight for repairs.
6:31pm--#Bridgeport CT--The brick factory at the corner of Helen and Maple Street is on fire, again. About two weeks ago firefighters extinguished a rubbish fire in there.