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Bridgeport News–Carjacking arrest by officer doing paperwork

Jan 16, 2014 Stephen Krauchick

#Bridgeport, CT -- Jan. 15, 2014 – Two city women face attempted robbery and attempted carjacking charges after an incident on Laurel Avenue Tuesday evening. Officer Damien Csech was completing paperwork on a motor vehicle stop he conducted when a woman approached and told him two females had just tried to rob her. She told him the incident had just happened and the women were on foot. Csech checked the side streets in the area and located two women matching the description of the suspects and detained them. The victim stated that she was coming home from work when one of the suspects walked in front of her vehicle and stood in front of her bumper so she couldn’t drive forward.…

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Man Arrested in Bank Robbery

Jan 15, 2014 Stephen Krauchick

#Bridgeport, CT -- -- A 54-year-old man was arrested for his role in robbing a bank this morning. According to Officer Kevin Cronin, two males entered the Webster Bank branch at 3546 Main St. shortly after 9 a.m. One brandished an orange-colored weapon and the males ordered customers to the ground. The men fled the bank with cash but police received information that the suspects got into a black vehicle. Sgt. James Remele subsequently observed a vehicle matching that description but lost sight of it. The Acura was located unoccupied at Park and Olive streets. Police observed a possible suspect in the area and detained him. Employees of the bank came to the scene and identified the man, Tyrone King, of Atlantic Street, as one…

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Police identify shooting victim

Jan 15, 2014 Stephen Krauchick

#Bridgeport, CT – Jan. 15, 2014- – Police are identifying a shooting victim who was critically injured in an apparent home invasion Tuesday night. Geraldo Costa, 33, was shot in the head during an apparent struggle with intruders inside his home at 585 Pond St. Cash was taken in the robbery. It is believed that the house was specifically targeted and that the incident was not random. He was taken to Saint Vincent Medical Center where Costa was in critical but stable condition. Police responding to the scene observed several people fleeing the area and pursued them. Officers lost sight of the suspects after the suspects jumped into a brook. An extensive search was conducted by the patrol division with the…

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Man Shot in Head-Manhunt in Bridgeport’s North End

Jan 15, 2014 Stephen Krauchick

#Bridgeport CT--Right around midnight police on patrol heard shots fired in the area of Pond Street and then were quickly involved in a foot pursuit with two Hispanic males who are still at large.  Both men ran into a wooded area, one jumped a wall and should have sustained an injury due to the height of the drop and the other man ran into the pond.  A short time later police received a call for a man shot in the head in the 500 block of Pond Street.  The injuries are thought to be serious.  Firefighters were called to the scene to assist police with lighting and their heat sensing cameras.  There are other details I'm withholding so it will…

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Torched car almost causes 5 families to be homeless

Jan 14, 2014 Stephen Krauchick

10:29pm--#Bridgeport CT--A car intentionally set on fire almost left 5 families homeless tonight.  Firefighters were called to a car fire in the driveway of 53 Butler Street.  When firefighters arrived they observed the fire had extended to the outside exposure of  47 Butler (left house) and 53 Butler (right house).  A quick response time and quick action by the firefighters prevented the fire from extending into the houses. Witnesses told me that the fire was intentionally set by sticking a gas soaked rag into the gas tank, then pouring gasoline around the car before igniting it.  "I heard a loud pop and then I saw the flames."    "A message was sent tonight" another witness told me "because if they…

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