Shelton News: Tonight’s Vehicle Fire
2023-08-13@9:00pmShelton News: Tonight's Vehicle Fire Today's vehicle fire is a tractor-trailer on Route 8 northboundnear exit 13.
ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG ANNOUNCES $470,000 SETTLEMENT WITH OPTIMUS HEALTH CARE OVER FALSE CLAIMS AND IMPROPER BILLING ALLEGATIONS
(Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General today announced that Optimus Health Care, Inc., a federally-qualified health center (“FQHC”) based in Bridgeport, has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and has paid a total of $470,093.93 to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the Connecticut Medicaid program, and received overpayments from Medicaid for ineligible services. Optimus Health Care, Inc. (“Optimus”) has 23 locations in southwestern Connecticut. As an FQHC, Optimus receives patient revenues and grants from the federal and state governments. “Optimus Health Care repeatedly overbilled Connecticut’s Medicaid program,…
Fairfield News: I-95 Crash
2023-08-13@3:15pm--#Fairfield CT--I-95 CrashReport of a crash on I-95 northbound between exits 21 and 22 in front of the rest area. Traffic cameras were turned off, if you have a picture or video please post it below. UPDATE: First responders saying it is a five-car crash.
Sen. Tony Hwang: CT Construction Industry Stands Ready to Build Transportation Infrastructure, Recruit Future Workers
Sen. Tony Hwang, the Ranking Senator on the Transportation Committee, on Aug. 7 met with Connecticut Construction Industries Association (CCIA) President Don Shubert and Tilcon Connecticut President Carolina Cavalcante to discuss the industry’s challenges, innovations in transportation infrastructure improvements and workforce recruitment efforts. “I wanted to hear firsthand from CCIA, which represents various sectors of the construction industry, and Tilcon, a business that has played a key role in building transportation infrastructure around the region,” Sen. Hwang said. “What I heard from these experts is this: The construction industry is not only hiring, but also anxiously looking to recruit and train the next generation of Connecticut workers. Tilcon, a division of CRH, for example, does business in my senate district…
Bridgeport News: Stabbing
2023-08-11@8:36pm--#Bridgeport CT--Stabbingmultiple reports of a stabbing at Arctic and Beech Street.No word on the extent of the injuries.
Fairfield News: Stolen Car Located- 1 In Custody
2023-08-11@6:22pm--#Fairfield CT-- Police were called to a house alarm on Longfellow Avenue. There was nothing to the alarm but police did recognize a red stolen Honda CRV in a driveway. As police approached the car two men attempted to run on foot crossing busy Kings Highway East. Police were able to apprehend one of the suspects.
Bridgeport News: Car Getting Packed For Vacation Stolen
2023-08-11@6:19pm Fairfield News: Car Getting Packed For Vacation Stolen A car being packed to go on vacation was stolen on Spring Hill Road. The couple heard a bang and saw a black Audi in the driveway. Their Mercedes Benz was taken. The husband jumped in his Porsche to follow them. He eventually lost them but police were able to track the car via Mercedes Benz tracking to the Waterbury area. Thank you, Lt. Paris, the Fairfield Police Public Affairs Officer for your professionalism in getting back to me on the recent news stories!
BLUMENTHAL, ESPAILLAT, & MURPHY INTRODUCE BICAMERAL LEGISLATION TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES FROM UNTRACEABLE GHOST GUNS
Loopholes in current statutes allow anyone – including felons, traffickers, & extremists – to manufacture or assemble untraceable firearms using a 3-D printer or do-it-yourself kit [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) led a group of 26 lawmakers including U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) in reintroducing the Ghost Guns and Untraceable Firearms Act, legislation to ban dangerous “ghost” guns. These weapons, which are easily assembled with a 3-D printer or a do-it-yourself gun making kit purchased from an unlicensed seller, can be obtained without passing a background check and have become the weapon of choice for criminals and extremists. Without a unique serial number, these guns are often untraceable and impede investigations…
Shooting Inside Bridgeport Hospital Goes UNREPORTED.
Shooting Inside Bridgeport Hospital Goes UNREPORTED. A viewer contacted me today about a shooting in Bridgeport Hospital: "Last night - August 10, 2023, at 630 pm. A 36-year-old woman entered the front lobby of Bridgeport Hospital as a visitor. She had a loaded gun which she was attempting to hide when she accidentally shot herself in the leg". Police confirmed this only after I asked them, they said: "Last night, in the area of the 200 block of Grant Street (Hospital) around 1902hrs a caller stated they heard one shot fired in the lobby of the hospital. Shortly after hospital staff states that someone shot themselves in the leg (non-life threatening. It appeared to be a self-inflecting gunshot wound. Arrestee:…
Bridgeport News: 29 Shots Fired – One Person Hit – Goes Unreported
Special thanks to our viewers who let us know about the shootout on Wood Avenue otherwise it would have gone unreported by the city officials. Police said: "On August 10, 2023, at approximately 3:50 am ShotSpotter alerted to (29) rounds discharged near the intersection of Park Avene and Wood Avenue. ShotSpotter is a gunshot detection system. Once gunshots are fired in an area covered by this service, police receive a notification within one minute directing them to the location of the gunfire. Officers responded to the area and located a crime scene but were unable to locate a victim. Area hospitals checked clear. Multiple items of value were collected and submitted into evidence. At approximately 10:00 am a victim presented…