Happenings NOW 1-03 thru 1-06 2012
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1:20pm–#Fairfield–Report of a 16 year old son attacking his mother with scissors at 238 Mill Hill Road. Police were at this address last night for a verbal argument. There has been previous domestic calls here as well. Parties are separated and son is now in the backyard. One in custody.
12:28–#Fairfield–A man has just been assaulted at Bill’s Crossroads Cafe- 12 Tunxis Hill Rd. He was unconscious but has come to. He was assaulted by a white male who fled in a white pickup truck which fled on Brookfield Avenue the wrong way. The truck may have the word “rat” on it. Police canvassing the area.
3:28pm–#Westport–Fire officials were called to Bank Of America on Post Road East for a natural gas leak in the
2:25pm–#Norwalk #ctfire–Power is out on Main Avenue due to a transformer explosion. Central Kitchen(352 Main Ave.) is now filling with smoke an upgrading to structure fire. No fire or smoke was found.
2:21pm–#Stratford–Call to fire department of two men on the ice on on the river on River Road just south of Sikorsky. Fire department is conducting an ice rescue on Peck’s Mill Pond and believes this is what the caller called in. Fire department double checking the river, there is no ice formed yet.
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1:12pm–#Bridgeport–Report of heavy smoke at 60 Hawthorne Street. UPDATE–Turns out to be a wood burning stove at the rear of the structure, no fire no hazard.
12:46pm–#Bridgeport–Report of a car crashing into a tree Atlantic St. and Iranistan Ave.
10:55am–#Fairfield–Police are investigating counterfeit bills passed at Sweet Rexie’s candy store located at 1552 Post Road over the weekend.
5:15pm–#Fairfield–Fire department has been at 68 South Street for over an hour due to an activated carbon monoxide detector. Additional ladder truck was sent. Gas company has arrived and EMTs requested at normal travel to the location.–UPDATE–6:22pm–Fire department still on scene with a second gas company representative. EMTs checked the children out and they are fine.
4:14pm–#Bridgeport–A silver Mercedes struck a boy on his bike at Hazelwood Avenue and Wood Avenue. Witnesses say the boy seemed badly hurt. The driver put the child and his bicycle in his car and sped off. It is unknown if he took the child to a hospital. Police are investigating.
4:02pm–#Bridgeport #ctfire–Fire department responded to an activated fire alarm at the Peacock Cafe at Beardsley Zoo. Officials not sure of fowl play as there was no smoke or fire…..yes, it’s a slow news day.
2 Youths Injured On Dirt Bike Struck By Car
2 Dead One Critical in Wesport I-95 Crash
As we reported live as breaking news:
Fairfield Fire Department responded to I-95 Northbound approximately 1 mile before Exit 19 to the report of a motor vehicle accident. Fairfield Fire Department work in conjunction with Westport Fire Department at that single vehicle accident. The vehicle left the roadway and went over the guardrail continuing down a steep embankment through thick overgrowth and trees for approximately 100 feet before coming to rest on its roof. The driver of the vehicle was sitting on the guardrail and immediately treated by Westport EMS and AMR Ambulance and transported to the hospital.
Fairfield and Westport Fire departments stabilized the vehicle and assessed the 3 victims remaining in the vehicle. 2 victims were pronounced dead on the scene by fire personnel and confirmed by AMR paramedics. Both Fire Departments used extrication tools to access both sides of the vehicle gaining access to the one patient. Contact was established and treatment began.
Once the doors were removed the patient was removed onto a backboard and into a stokes basket. A Mechanical advantage rope rigging system was put into place that was used to haul the patient up the embankment. The patient was loaded into the ambulance and transported by AMR to the hospital. The two remaining bodies were then extricated and removed up the embankment to the roadway and secured to await the arrival of the State Medical Examiner.
The incident was then turned over to Connecticut State Police for investigation.
Happenings NOW 1-1-2012
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1:51pm–#Bridgeport–Multi car accident at Maplewood and Wood Ave., one car smoking.
#Shelton–Report of a motor vehicle accident at Pine Street and Shelton Ave one car into a tree. Report of a woman pinned in the car. One person sent Bridgeport Hospital and the other to Yale.
#Bridgeport–We have a report of a woman assaulted and her two year old kicked out a vehicle at Park Street and Maple Street. EMTs confirm two transported to the hospital.
3:40am–#Bridgeport–Report of a couple people being pepper sprayed at the Metric Bar and Grill at 39 Cannon St. EMTs arriving.
3:41am–#cttraffic #Fairfield I-95 northhbound 3 people trapped in a rolled over car about 50-75 feet off the roadway. Between exits 18-19.UPDATE–3:41am–#cttraffic #Fairfield I-95 northbound between 18-19 Connecticut State Police reporting one dead and 2 critically injured in this crash. UPDATE—Connecticut State Police reports 2 dead one critical.
2:33am–#Bridgeport–Report of a motor vehicle accident at Seaview Ave. and Fifth Street.
2:19am–Fairfield–Trains are going to be late….Report of a silver car on the tracks at the train station behind by Fairfield Motor Sport. Trains are being stopped.
1:57am–Pedestrian struck by a car at 110 Lindley Street (near Herbert St). UPDATE– 2:13am–#Bridgeport–Police are looking for a green Taurus for evading after striking a pedestrian on Lindley Street. CT Reg. 137 YVN plate comes out of Hamden. If you see this car please call 911.
1:53am–#Bridgeport–Man face down in a toilet a Two Boots on Main Street. EMTs on the way. EMTs should get hazardous duty pay tonight!
1:28am–#Bridgeport–Car accident with injuries Fairfield Ave. and Pine Street (near McDonalds
1:05am–#Fairfield–Molto Restaurant—Bartender and patron going at it, police on the way.
Bridgeport’s First Shooting of 2012
Around 4am New Years Day Bridgeport Police responded to a shooting at 1323 Howard Avenue. It is very early in the investigation but the video appears to show the victim was shot on the porch and police were looking for shell casings in the Getty Gas Station next door. It is unknown of the victim’s status. We will update as soon as we receive them.
Happenings NOW 12-31 2011
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1:05am–#Fairfield–Molto Restaurant—Bartender and patron going at it, police on the way.
9:37pm–#Bridgeport–Report of a the front porch at 354 Seaview Avenue was on fire and now out. Fire department to investigate.
7:17pm–Bridgeport–Firefighters responded to a laundromat at 2462 Fairfield Ave. Upon arrival
they reported smoke on the roof. Upon further investigation they found no smoke or fire. The air mass we are experiencing tonight is heavy so any type of smoke is taking longer to to rise and sometimes hovers. We experience this a little over a month ago, firefighters from multiple towns were chasing false alarms.
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7:13pm#Bridgeport–Oven fire, now reported out on William Street. Fire department to confirm and check for extensions.
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4:28pm–#Monroe #cttraffic–Car crashed into the woods at 836 Main Street Route 25) near Pepper Street with reports of heavy damage and injuries.
4:27pm–#Bridgeport–Fire department back at Trumbull Gardens 555 Trumbull Gardens with maliciously broken fire alarm pull stations. Someone is going around putting these people at risk!
3:15pm–#Bridgeport–Malicious damage to fire alarm pull stations at Trumbull Gardens, 555 Trumbull Ave. Building 11 coupled with no access to the fire panel leave the building in alarm sounding mode fire department reports.
3:25pm–#Bridgeport–Report of natural gas inside 855 Norman Street. Here comes a lot of fire trucks!
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9:00am–#Bridgeport- #ctfire– Mattress fire at 1391 Main Street (near Washington Ave) knocked down quickly by fire department.
Camera Falls during Insight Bowl
Warde’s Buzzer Beater Beats Notre Dame
Written by Rich Pittera- Fairfield, Conn. Sports
It’s one thing to have five three-point shots in a game. It’s special when two of them are buzzer beaters, but it’s a whole other thing when you break a tie with one on a game winning buzzer beater. That’s exactly what Fairfield Warde’s Mike Wright did in Fridays 52-49 victory over the Notre Dame Lancers on Friday night. “I feel amazing right,” Wright said moments after his game winning shot.
The Mustangs came into the Fairfield holiday tournament hosted by prep as the team with the worst record at 1-2. In the first round of the tournament on Wednesday, in a game where no one thought it was possible for them to win, the Mustangs defied all odds and upset the unbeaten and No. 9 team in the state Fairfield Prep with a 68-76 upset win in overtime.
In Friday’s championship, again as the underdog, Warde pulled off another thrilling upset–winning the tournament for the very first time.
“I absolutely love it,” Warde coach Ryan Swaller said of taking home the trophy. “This is for all the guys who have built this program up over the seven years from coach Walter Fitzgerald (passed away after the 2010 season from Brain Cancer) to now.”
The Warde defense stayed strong against the Lancers throughout the game holding them to only 12 points the first three periods and 13 in the fourth period. More importantly, the Mustangs offense from around the perimeter was spot on all night—Warde as a team sank nine three-point shots and Wright owned five of them with 79 points in the game.
“Wow, I didn’t even know I had that many,” Wright said he was told his stats. “I thought I only had three.”
The Lancers, still looking for their own first Fairfield holiday tournament win, didn’t make it easy for Warde. Arkel Miles, the Lancers big senior, led his team with 19 points and was followed by Dan Upchurch who had 11. However, they were the only two Lancers to reach double digit scoring as second half shooting woes plagued them.
“You’re being kind to say that,” Lancer coach Vin Laczkoski said after one reporter asked whether or not his team had poor shot selection in the second half. “We’re going to rebound from this though.”
Notre Dame will look to get back on track next week when they travel to Danbury to play Immaculate at 7 p.m. Fairfield Warde on the other hand can now look forward to going back to FCIAC competition.
“I think we might be scouted a little more,” Swaller said. “Beating these two teams gives us a lot more confidence in going against other FCIAC teams.”
Warde will test their new found confidence in an away game against Bridgeport Harding on Tuesday, 7 p.m.
Box Score
Warde…13 10 16 13—52
ND……….12 12 12 13—49
Scoring Summary
Warde:
Mike Wright: 17
Matt McTague: 13
Sal Siciliano: 11
Sam Martens: 4
Sebastian Brogan: 3
Joe Bartolemeo: 2
Greg Hyman: 2
Notre Dame:
Arkel Miles: 19
Daniel Upchurch: 11
Tre McPherson: 5
Earl Coleman: 4
CJ Davidson: 4
Donte Peeler: 2
Three-Point Shots
(FW)Mike Wright—5
(FW) Matt McTague—3
(ND) Dan Upchurch—2
(FW) Sam Martens—1
(ND) Tre McPherson—1
Records
ND: 4-2
FW: 3-2
Gunman Enters Occupy New Haven Camp
Police received a 911 call around 1:15 a.m. about a confrontation on the New Haven Green involving a group of young men and the Occupiers. Witnesses said the men walked through the Occupy encampment and began kicking the tents and yelling “wake up”. Read full article….