Bridgeport Police Arrest City Man, Seize Two Guns, Drugs, Cash

(Bridgeport, CT – July 18, 2012) -- The State Police Gang Task Force executed a search and seizure warrant at 1020 Hancock Ave. Wednesday and seized two handguns, along with cash and drugs. Antonio Small, 21, of that address, was arrested after jumping from a third-floor porch in an effort to escape police. Members of the police Emergency Services Unit reacted immediately, grabbing Small as he hung from the exterior of the porch.  Due to their quick response, ESU members on the third- and second-floor landings were able to safely pull Small onto the second-floor porch before he fell three stories, according to Bridgeport Sgt. Jason Amato. He was charged with possession of narcotics with intent to sell, possession with…

Read More

♪♫ This Tank Is On Fire….♪♫

#FAIRFIELD, CT, July 17, 2013: At 5:52 P.M. the Emergency Communications Center received a report of Propane Gas Grill on Fire in the rear yard of a Northwood Road residence.  The Fairfield Fire Department responded within minutes with four engines and two ladder companies.  Engine Three, stationed only one block away, arrived on scene and extinguished the fire with an extinguisher under the command of LT Darrick Lundeen. Soon after the fire was extinguished personnel noticed that propane gas was leaking from the valve area of the twenty pound cylinder.  Personnel monitored the air using combustible gas meters and determined that the concentration was not a hazard to area residences. Personnel were unable to stop the leaking gas so a…

Read More

Petitions for Westport RTM Candidates Available

Town Clerk Patricia Strauss announced today that petitions for Westport residents interested in becoming a member of the Representative Town Meeting, (RTM), the town’s 36-member legislative body, will be available for distribution beginning Tuesday, July 23.  Petitioners must gather 25 signatures from their district to qualify to be on the Nov. 5 ballot. Residents interested in running for the RTM can pick up a petition at the Town Clerk’s office located in room 105 of the Town Hall.  After gathering the 25 signatures, return the petition to the town clerk by Tuesday, Sept. 10 she said.    “My staff will gladly review the instructions with the petitioner,” Strauss said. “A district map and a list of district voters will be…

Read More