Ansonia Fire
4:23pm--Ansonia CT--Police reporting a possible structure fire at 70 Meadow Street. Firefighters on the way. UPDATE--Fire is now reported to be out.
Mayor Finch Declares Snow Emergency for 12:01 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 2
Mayor Finch Declares Snow Emergency for 12:01 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 2 Alternate side of the street parking rules in effect BRIDGEPORT, CT (December 31, 2013) – Due to the upcoming projected winter, Mayor Bill Finch has declared a snow emergency in the City beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, January 2. During a snow emergency, residents must move their cars off posted Snow Emergency streets or be subject to fines and towing. Alternate-side-of-the-street parking rules are in effect for all other streets throughout the City in order to allow snow plow drivers’ clear passage. To comply with the Snow Emergency Alternate-Side-of-the-Street Parking Rules, residents must move their cars to the ‘even-numbered’ side of the street by 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 2, and remain on the…
Potholder fire
11:40pm--#Stratford CT--Firefighters on scene at 83 Cheyenne Lane where potholders caught fire and ausing a smoke condition in the structure.
Armed Robbery in Bridgeport
11:35am--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a person robbed at knife point at the train station on Water Street. The victim fled into the train station.
Robbery in Milford
9:00am--#Milford CT #Bridgeport CT-- Earlier today, at around 8:30am, the G E Credit Union on Bic Drive was robbed by a man who displayed a semi automatic handgun. The two robbers fled in a 4 door Accord, and were last seen in Bridgeport.
Mother Leaves Children at Home to Go to Club
#Bridgeport, CT – Dec. 30, 2013 – A City woman faces child endangerment charges after she left her three children at home alone to go to a club. Officers Juan Esquilin and Mathew Szymczak on Sunday responded at 2:30 a.m. to a Boston Avenue address on a report of children being left unattended in the home. Police spent more about 30 minutes knocking on the front and then rear door. At that point, they heard the sound of people entering the apartment. They continued to knock and Mycheral Walker, 35, answered the door. Police entered the apartment to check on the welfare of the children and located two girls, ages 1 and 4, and a boy, 13. Walker, the mother, stated that she had gone…
Fairfield street robbery
10:34pm--A teen riding his skateboard was robbed while on Castle Avenue behind the Nissan dealership. Three teens got out of a tan Toyota and robbed him, taking his wallet. Police are investigating.
This weekends shooting victims ID’d
(Bridgeport, CT – Dec. 30, 2013) – Police identified two victims who were shot early Sunday. The shootings do not appear to be related and both victims are expected to recover. The first happened at 1:02 a.m. in the 200 block of Pequonnock Street. The victim, Mireteab Berhe, 30, of Bridgeport, suffered a gunshot wound to his right foot. A witness provided a general description of the shooter but police located no one in the area. At 2:38 a.m., in the 1000 block of Kossuth Street police located victim, David Rodriguez, 26, of Bridgeport, with a gunshot wound to his left knee. Rodriguez stated that he was outside smoking a cigarette when the occupant of a dark colored vehicle fired a shot at him. No arrests…
Westport woman found in river was hit by train
Westport, CT- Following information concerning injuries to Annette White which was received from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), Westport Police Department detectives began to review video footage of the Saugatuck train station. Review of video footage of the Saugatuck River Bridge showed a westbound Metro North Railroad train stop on the bridge for approximately 20 minutes on December 26th. This morning detectives also received a call from someone who had been a passenger on the same train and who had watched news reports of the incident on television. The caller advised that the train made an emergency stop on the railroad trestle over the Saugatuck River just prior to the Saugatuck train station. The caller said that…
Fairfield electrical fire
9:00pm--#Fairfield CT--Firefighters were on the scene of an electrical fire on Skytop Drive.