Dramatic Rescue Saves Fairfield Dog

Video Report with article written by Wes Duplantier CTPost.com #FAIRFIELD — A hour-plus rescue effort ended with happy cheers and a happy dog Saturday afternoon after firefighters saved a dog that was trapped in a drainage pipe at Fairfield Warde High School. The dog, an 11-year-old German shepherd-boxer mix named “Shadow,” slipped away from his owner as they were walking at the school just before 2 p.m. Shadow crawled into a pipe on the edge of the school’s soccer fields and couldn’t get out. A woman nearby called for help and several fire crews coverged on the field. The pipe is 24 inches wide at its opening, but narrows to 14 inches as it goes into the ground toward a cistern.…

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Police, Federal Authorities Break Up Sex Trafficking Ring

#Bridgeport, CT – Nov. 15, 2013 – City vice officers in cooperation with state and federal authorities arrested three people Thursday after breaking up a sex trafficking operation in the city. The operation centered in the Hollow neighborhood and involved the rotation of women, mainly of Mexican descent, between New York and Bridgeport to work as prostitutes. The investigation remains active in New York and Massachusetts. “This truly is a sad case,” said Police Chief Joseph L. Gaudett Jr. “These arrests resulted from outstanding cooperation and coordination between a number of agencies – local, state and federal.  The FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement all played key roles in the investigation.” The investigation began more than a year ago when Bridgeport Police…

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Couch fire should have been much worse

10:29pm--#Bridgeport CT--A quick thinking homeowner realized that his couch was on fire and quickly brought it outside to keep it from spreading to the rest of the house at 1209 Wood Avenue.   Firefighters were quick to the scene and reported wood burning in the front of the home.  Smoke remained in the home and firefighters ventilated the structure.  Neighbor and witness  Jackie whom I had the pleasure of meeting tonight said the homeowner was a big man who had no problem removing the couch on his own.  There were no reported injuries.

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