“Three Big Victories” For Bridgeport Police On Arrests

 Bridgeport is safer with three arrests with the shooter in the homicide on East Main Street, the homicide behind Blackham School in 2009,  and a man wanted for a recent kidnapping that occurred overnight.  Mayor Bill Finch praised the police department saying "They scored three big victories ".   Chief Joseph Gaudette Jr. credit the detective bureau in making the arrests and praising his patrol officers and detective bureau as "second to none".  Police also credit the public for coming forward with information that aided in the arrests.  Mayor Finch said a lot of "shoe leather was expended on these cases" and that we need these people put a way for a long time asking for judges and prosecutors "expend…

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Report: Team Vallas Falsifies Documents to Avoid Competitive Bidding

According to documents provided by City of Bridgeport employees, Paul Vallas, Bridgeport’s $229,000 Part-time Superintendent of Schools, or members of his senior staff, provided false information on official City documents in order to use a technique called “sole-sourcing” to give a major City contract to a company called the Public Consulting Group Inc.  Jonathanpelto.com has the full story here....

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Bridgeport’s 14th Homicide

BRIDGEPORT -- A city man found shot to death outside an East Main Street barbershop Monday afternoon is the third homicide victim in Bridgeport in as many days, police said.  The latest homicide -- the city's 14th of the year -- came as police continue to investigate two weekend shootings that left a 15-year-old girl and a 30-year-old restaurant owner dead. CTPost.com has the full story here.....

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BRIGHTON Colorado Youngest Officer (age 12) Passes

BRIGHTON, Colo. — The boy with an inoperable brain tumor who was sworn in as Brighton's youngest police officer died Friday, police said.  In May, Brighton Officers Anna-Marie Cuney, Levy Slagle and Cpl. Monce Portillo swore in Rubio-Pavon during a ceremony in his hospice room. He was presented with a certificate officially recognizing him as a member of the Brighton Police Department, a police uniform shirt and a junior officer badge.  Policeone.com has the full story here , have tissues at the ready.

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Happenings NOW 7-22-7-26 2011

[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] ‎ **Live Breaking News Feed**   7/22/2012 1:28am--#Bridgeport--Over $40,000 in gold taken from a West Morgan home tonight. Witnesses tell us a black Honda civic with tinted windows kept circling the street earlier in the day. 12:32am--#Stamford--#ctfire--Capsized boat near the lighthouse, one person still trapped under the boat but divers have been supplying him with air, 2 rescued. Officials say it appears they may have hit the breakwater.  UPDATE--Reports say 4 now on the way to Greenwich Hospital. Divers, boats and helicopters searching for the driver who was ejected during the crash. 7/23/2012 11:40pm--#Darien--#ctfire--Report of a boat capsized near the lighthouse. 10:28pm--#Bridgeport--Armed Robbery--A man was just robbed on Broadway. Four black males fled in an older…

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