Today’s Vehicle Fire
2023-12-01@4:55pm--#Stratford CT-- Today's vehicle fire was inside a garage in the 100 block of Garibaldi Avenue. The fire did not extend to the home. The fire marshal has been called to investigate the cause of the fire.
Bridgeport News: Crash!!
2023-12-01@4:02pm--#Bridgeport CT--If you were trying to get by the 1200 block of East Main and diverted, this is why. A two-car vehicle, there did not appear to have any injuries.
Easton News: Near-Drowning
2023-11-30@9:11pm--#Easton CT-- First responders helped resuscitate a woman in her 40s from a near-drowning incident in her home on Park Avenue (in Easton).
Fairfield News: Break-In/Home Invasion
2023-11-30@9:28pm--Police were called to Cardinal Street for a reporting someone broke into the home and is armed with a knife. Police apprehended the suspect on Knapps Highway.
Armed Carjacking
Bridgeport News: Armed Carjacking 2023-11-30@8:18pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police are looking for a Ford Taurus taken in an armed carjacking on East Main Street.
MURPHY TO VISIT HEAD START PROGRAM
HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Friday will visit the CREC Head Start at the Swift Factory. More than 5,500 children and families are served by Head Start in Connecticut. Murphy will tour the facilities and gather feedback from staff on both the workforce shortage and extremely high demand for care they face. Murphy will discuss the importance of Congress taking action to pass additional funding for childcare in President Biden’s supplemental domestic funding package.
Bridgeport News: Another Park Avenue Arrest
28-year-old Rhameir Marqui Bush of Ansonia CT was taken into custody this morning in Bristol Connecticut for his involvement in the August 22, 2023, triple shooting on Park Avenue, Bridgeport, CT. He is charged with Assault in the First Degree, Criminal Possession of a Firearm, and Illegal Discharge of a Firearm. His bond is set at 750 thousand dollars. Bush was served with three additional warrants as follows: Failure to appear in the 1st Degree. Bond is set at 1 million dollars. Possession of Narcotics. Bond is set at 75 thousand dollars. Engaging Police in Pursuit, Reckless Operation of a Motor Vehicle, Evading Responsibility, Interfering with a Police Officer, and Reckless Endangerment in the 1st Degree. Bond is set at 200 thousand dollars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ0xOR0QXAU
Fairfield News: Jewelry Store Break-In
#Fairfied CT--Around 11:45 pm police received a call from the alarm company about a possible break in at Lenox Jewelry on Black Rock Turnpike. The first responding officer confirmed a glass break on a front window. Police are investigating.
120mph on Route 8/25
On 11/26/2023, at approximately 2:00 a.m., Troopers assigned to Troop G in Bridgeport observed a green BMW traveling in excess of 120 MPH on Route 8 southbound in the area of Exit 2 in Bridgeport. This area has a posted speed limit of 55 MPH. When Troopers attempted to initiate a motor vehicle stop the BMW, accelerated and entered onto I-95 southbound, eluding Troopers. Minutes later, another Trooper observed the same vehicle exiting I-95 southbound at Exit 18 in Westport and attempted to initiate a motor vehicle stop. In response, the BMW fled the area, again eluding Troopers. Patrol units in the area were advised that the same vehicle, a BMW sedan displaying a New Jersey registration, had just fled…