12:00am--#Bridgeport CT--Report of a motorcyclist and passenger falling of the a motorcycle at Arctic and Brooks Street.
Street Robbery
10:50pm--#Bridgeport CT--A man was robbed at the corner of State and Norman Street by three males. No mention of what was taken.
Bridgeport Receives $2.2 million for school cops
Bridgeport received $2.2 million to hire ten additional school resource officers. Farmington received $125,000 for a school resource officer. Hartford received $1.8 million for ten police officers. Norwich received $500,000 for four police officers.
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.
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…