4:04pm–#Bridgeport CT– An alert employee working at a Metro PCS which was robbed at gunpoint a week ago saw in the store the person who robbed them and contacted police in anticipation. The robber was apprehended before he was able to go through with the robbery the second time, it is unknown whether he had a gun on him this time.
2:00pm–#Bridgeport CT– Report of an odor of smoke at Main Street and Golden Hill Street.
Merritt Parkway pursuit
1:37pm–#cttraffic #Fairfield CT–A pursuit on the Merritt Parkway northbound just passed the rest area. Two burglary suspects broke in to a house on Congress Street. Car just exited on Park Avenue towards Trumbull.
Pedestrian struck in Bridgeport
12:48pm–#Bridgeport CT– Report of a pedestrian struck at Washington Ave and Park Ave.
Ridgefield car crash
11:20am–#Ridgefield CT–First responders on the way to Ledges and Mountain Barlow Road where there is a one car crash and the car is about to go down an embankment. Uncertain if there is entrapment.
Officers Respond to Burglary Call, Nab Suspect
(Bridgeport, CT – Sept. 26, 2013) – An 18-year-old man faces charges after a neighbor reported a burglary-in-progress on Cleveland Avenue Wednesday.
Officers Scott Waehler and Luis Moura were sent to the location at 4:16 a.m. after a neighbor reported a man in dark clothing lurking around a neighboring house with a flashlight.
Officers encountered the suspect, later identified as Rafael Vasquez, who took off running. Police briefly lost sight of him but, while checking back yards , found him hiding under a deck. He was pulled from under the deck and handcuffed.
A pat down revealed a debit card and Canon camera. Vasquez denied knowledge of the debit card but claimed the camera was his. When questioned, however, he was unable to describe the camera or what pictures might be on it. Police also seized a black flashlight and gloves.
The suspect later stated that he was homeless and was living inside a car in a detached garage at the house on Cleveland Avenue.
Police followed up there and recovered items inside the car, including a laptop computer and identification of a University of Bridgeport student. Police followed up with her and learned that her car had been broken into earlier this month.
Vasquez was charged with fourth-degree larceny, possession of burglary tools, interfering with police, criminal trespass and criminal attempt at second-degree burglary.
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Parked cars hit in the valley
1: 20 am–#Ansonia CT #Derby CT–If you park on the street in Derby and Derby and your car was hit a car has sideswiped a number of cars from Hunter’s Lane in Derby to Beaver Street in Ansonia. The striking car was located by Derby Police near the old Dworkin on Seymour Avenue. The car was finally stopped on the Hawkins Street Bridge where it was smoking and unable to continue.
Route 25 motorcycle crash
1:11am–#cttraffic–Trumbull CT–Route 25 northbound near exit 7 a motorcycle crash with injuries. First responders on the way.
False alarm in Bridgeport
1:05am–#Bridgeport CT–Firefighters called to 1485 East Main Street turns out to be a false alarm. Go back to sleep East Side!