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12:10am–#Stratford CT #cttraffic–Merritt Parkway southbound between exits 53 and 52 2 car crash with injuries.

9:55pm–#New Haven – A 54 year old Henry Street man on the way to Yale-New Haven Hospital with two shotgun blasts to the left arm.

7:07pm–#Milford CT–#cttfire–Milford fire has requested aerial support for a helicopter in locating a kayaker in Housatonic River.  Stratford marine units on the way for mutual aid.  Reports say the kayaker is blowing a whistle but they apparently have not located him yet.  Eagle One also requested and should be there before the Coast Guard.  7:35pm–UPDATE–Sounds like they located him, they called off the choppers.

#Bridgeport, CT – Sept 20, 2013 – A Hancock Avenue man faces larceny and drug charges as a result of a police investigation into a stolen scooter.

On Wednesday shortly before 5 p.m., Officer Adam Roscoe responded to Benham AvenueWednesday on a report of a stolen scooter. He received a description of the moped and suspect.

Then at 9:47 p.m., Roscoe learned that police had conducted a motor vehicle stop involving a scooter on Poplar Street, about a dozen blocks from the theft. He responded and encountered Sgt. James Myers and Anthony Gianpoalo  interviewing a male and female. Roscoe checked the vehicle identification number on the scooter, which appeared to be freshly painted, and it matched the stolen one.

Police placed Dovante Gray-Brown under arrest and, upon searching him, discovered several baggies that tested positive for cocaine.

He was charged with third-degree larceny, interfering with police, possession of narcotics, criminal trover and motor vehicle charges.

4:11pm–#Bridgeport CT–If on Fairfield Avenue near Yale Street watch out for the man in the white coat threatening to harm people passing by…….

Man Charged With Stabbing Co-worker With Pen

(Bridgeport, CT – Sept. 20, 2013) – A  55-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly stabbed a co-worker with a pen in a dispute over potato chips.

Officer Darryl Wilson responded to the Food Bazaar on Sylvan Avenue Thursday on a report of an assault. There, the victim stated that he was working in the receiving area when employees knocked over bags of chips. The victim stated he told a coworker, Sang Park, to have the employees who knocked over the chips pick them up.

Park, of Trumbull,  stated that he believed the victim was blaming him for the mishap and was tired of the victim telling him what to do, so he stabbed him in the neck with a pen.

The injury wasn’t serious and the victim  didn’t want to go to the hospital.

Park was charged with second-degree assault. Bond was set at $10,000.

3:05pm–#Bridgeport CT– Report of a basement fire at 316 Mountain Grove

12:17pm–#Bridgeport CT–Today’s car fire is at  1095 East Main Street (near Arctic Street).  Now if that car was routinely maintained at Fairfield Auto Care I’m sure Nick would have spotted the problem before it caught fire!