DoingItLocal

Around 11:40pm Saturday night police were called to 405 Lucille Street for a break in. Neighbors chased the burglar but lost track of him. Police found the man on Fairfield Woods Road, they had to taser him to subdue him. One officer injured his right foot in the take down and was taken to the hospital. The suspect was also taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital for an injury to his leg as well.

The Fairfield Police Athletic League (PAL) sponsored by JImmy O’s Bait and Tackle at 2400 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport, CT (203) 384-6359 will be

sponsoring a Trout Derby for children 16 and under. Starts at 9pm and there will be plenty of awards. Just bring your tackle, Jimmy O’s supplies the bait! Saturday April 14th 9am to 11am.
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For the second time in eight months Hazmat crews have been called to Metal Specialties on 515 Commerce Drive. Nearby business and homes were evacuated. Below is a video

report from the Hazmat situation in August. An excellent report of today’s account can be found from the Connecticut Post’s artilce here…

Facing a sometimes restrained, sometimes frustrated crowd, Mayor Bill Finch addressed a jam-packed audience Wednesday night at the Black Rock Library Branch to explain why he must raise taxes. He established his priority right out of the box: his comments chastising neighborhood residents to stop complaining about high taxes were taken out of context.  Here is the report we filed in with Lennie Grimaldi’s Only In Bridgeport-  Read full story……

Just before 11pm Tuesday night firefighters were called to 1895 Reservoir Ave. for a fully involved structure fire. Firefighters found heavy fire on the Delta or right side of the building. The firefighters quickly learned from neighbors that the house was empty for a couple of months now but were uncertain if vagrants might have been inside. A primary and secondary search proved negative. Firefighters did encounter a partial floor collapse and they shifted to a more defensive attack of the fire. There were no injuries to any firefighters and the fire remains under investigation.

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12:11pm–#Bridgeport–Motorcyclist hit by car-1700 block of Boston Ave.

11:02pm–#Bridgeport–Use extreme caution in the 1000 block of Capital Ave. Two black males, one tall the other heavy set armed with a gun robbed two Hispanic males at gun point taking $50 dollar on Sampson Street. Another armed robbery by a pair matching the same description just robbed a woman of her cell phone near 1090 Capital Ave.

10:24pm–#Bridgeport #nakedwoman– Woman undressing in the street at Pequonnock Street and Jones Ave.

10:12pm–#Bridgeport–Street robbery just occurred on Shelton Street by three teens, two black one white, one wearing pajamas. Robbed the victim of two pizzas and $40 cash, not certain if it was a pizza delivery person. NO weapons were displayed.

9:28pm–#Bridgeport–2 big accidents–Child struck by car on her scooter on Terrace Circle (off Trumbull Ave.) and a multi-car with injuries at Main and Old Town.

Emotions ran high at a rally to close the L&A Billiards on Stratford Avenue Monday night. A rally which started out at the Ralphola Taylor Community Center had emotions running high as family members lashed out at owners David Ellerby and Andrea Medley. It has been a year since Carlos Broadnax was gunned down outside the pool hall. Eneida Martinez-Walker lead about two dozen locals in a rally to close down the pool hall. David Ellerby thought this was unnecessary, all they had to do was contact him and let them know his concerns. Emotions spilled out once again once the rally moved to the pool hall. Concerns from councilmen of people under the influence of drugs and alcohol as school children walked past the establishment to get to Tisdale School down the street. After a homicide last March the pool hall has been closed by health inspectors after a leaky pipe has been found in the basement. The pipe has been fixed according to Ellerby and is awaiting re inspection.

A major brush fire erupted on Schoolhouse Road shortly after 6pm Monday as red flag conditions continue for the area. A red flag warning means the air is extremely dry, coupled with very dry ground conditions. It appears that most of the fire has been burning itself out but it is spread out over a very large area. I was able to see the fire from downtown Bridgeport and tracked it from the billowing smoke. Mutual aid from all over has been assisting Milford Fire Department as they continue to battle the flames.

Just before 12:00pm Monday afternoon firefighters responded to a fire at 97 Lincoln Avenue. Initial reports indicated there may have been people trapped in the basement but when fire fighters arrived all occupants were out of the building. Primary and secondary searches confirmed this. Assistant Fire Chief Christopher Martin told us that there is a lot of damage throughout the house and that the occupants will need to be relocated. There were no injuries to tenants or firefighters. The fire marshal was called to the scene to investigate.

Brian Francis has to work tomorrow and his usual routine is to stop in at ShopRite on the Black Rock Turnpike in Fairfield for a salad and icies. This time however, ShopRite was closed for Easter Sunday, but someone forgot to lock the doors. Brian walked up and down the aisles, saw carts in the aisles and just figured it was Easter and everyone was taking their time. It was when he got to the checkout when he realized something was wrong. He was concerned that maybe there was a robbery or something. He exited the store, propped the door open with a trash can and called police. Police checked the building and everything check out ok. A key holder was called to the store to lock up.