2023-12-17@5:37pm--#Fairfield CT-- #cttraffic-- Police are on scene of a "rolling domestic" or a domestic argument in a moving car at exit 21 of I-95. It was first reported in Bridgeport with the woman waving her hands out the back seat window.
The Connecticut congressional delegation, including U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, along with U.S. Representatives John B. Larson, Rosa DeLauro, Joe Courtney, Jim Himes, and Jahana Hayes, has announced $6.6 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for eight traffic safety projects in Connecticut. The funds, awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program, aim to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries. The federal investment seeks to enhance the safety of Connecticut's roadways for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists, addressing the concerning rise in traffic-related fatalities. The funding will support various projects across the state, including a regional transportation safety plan for the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments, a Silas Deane…
2023-12-16@3:55pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A man in his forties suffered head trauma and a deformed leg as a result of a crash with a car at Main and Broad Street.
he Bridgeport Fire Department hosted a ceremony to highlight the graduating Recruit Class of 02-2023 with a distribution of their probationary helmets to start their career.
2023-12-15 1:30pm -- #Bridgeport CT -- A 4 car motor vehicle accident on 27a North reportedly sends 3 to the hospital and 27a North is currently shut down, and they are about to start to shut down the highway.
2023-12-14@10:18pm--#Fairfield CT-- Firefighters are investigating a smoke condition in the basement at Geronimo Tequila Bar & Southwest Grill at 2070 Post Road.
On 11/29/23 at around 11:30 pm, the Fairfield police responded to a glass break alarm at Lenox Jewelers located at 2500 Black Rock Turnpike. When an Officer arrived on scene, he located a vehicle exiting the parking lot of Lenox Jewelers. The Officer was unable to stop the vehicle as it fled at a high rate of speed. Officers confirmed that a burglary in fact just occurred. Entry was made through a smashed out front window and around $56,000 in jewelry had been taken. The investigation of the burglary was then followed up by the Quality-of-Life unit who collaborated with the Bridgeport Auto Theft Task Force. Investigators identified a vehicle of interest from the burglary and had located that vehicle…
2023-12-14@2:11pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police on scene of an assault on Chopsey Hill Road near exit 5.
The Bridgeport Police have released a video of a "person of interest "in a case involving a deceased woman found in shopping cart in an East End parking lot in November. The deceased female was identified as 37 year-old Rickeyta Baker, DOB: 01/20/86. of Bridgeport. She was discovered next to a dumpster, behind 1028 Stratford Ave., at approximately 4:00 p.m. on November 3rd, 2023. The department's Homicide Unit took over the investigation. Detectives located surveillance video that showed what appeared to be a male wheeling Ms. Baker into the lot in the shopping cart, three days earlier, on October 31st, 2023. at approximately 3:30 a.m. The same person was then seen on video walking north of Fifth St several minutes…
#Ansonia CT-- On December 12, 2023, Sahvone Valentine, age 20, of Hartford was arrested for his involvement in the homicide of Abdul-Jalil Humphrey on July 14, 2023 on Hodge Avenue in Ansonia. Valentine was charged with Felony Murder, Murder, Robbery First Degree, Conspiracy to Commit Robbery First Degree, Criminal Possession of Firearm and Theft of Firearm. The arrest of Sahvon Valentine was the result of a multi-agency investigation where a second suspect, Jada Artis, age 17 of Ansonia, was arrested on November 3, 2023. Artis was charged with Felony Murder, Robbery First Degree, Conspiracy to Commit Robbery First Degree, and Hindering Prosecution.
