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Bridgeport News: Man Shot at Trumbull Gardens

Apr 5, 2023 Stephen Krauchick

Police UPDATE: On April 4, 2023, at around 11:30 p.m., the Bridgeport Police were called to 640 Trumbull Avenue due to a gunshot detection system alert. Some people also called to report that someone had been shot at the location's parking lot. When the officers arrived, they found a person who was unconscious and had been shot several times. The victim was a 21-year-old man from Bridgeport, who was quickly taken to Saint Vincent's Hospital but died shortly after midnight on April 5, 2023. The investigation of this case is being handled by the B.P.D. Detective Bureau Homicide Squad, who are conducting interviews and pursuing leads. The B.P.D. Identification Unit is processing the crime scene. The victim has been identified…

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Bridgeport

Bridgeport News: Shots Fired Vehicle Hit

Apr 4, 2023 Stephen Krauchick

Bridgeport Police confirmed: Today at 6:01 pm, the Bridgeport Emergency Communications Center received a notification about a car crash that took place at the intersection of Park Ave and State St. The car involved was a white pickup truck that drove away after hitting a person riding a motorcycle. A group of other motorcyclists chased the pickup truck as it fled the scene. One of the motorcyclists shot at the pickup truck when it was first noticed, and this triggered a ShotSpotter alert at Washington Ave and Lafayette Sq. The driver of the white pickup truck later went to the police station and reported that he had been shot at. The officers confirmed that there were bullet holes in his…

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State News

INVESTING IN AMERICA AGENDA

Apr 4, 2023 Stephen Krauchick

Connecticut State Agencies and Academics Pledge to Partner to Further the Agenda (NEW HAVEN, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that senior members of his administration – including Chief of Staff Jonathan Dach, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes, and Office of Early Childhood Commissioner Beth Bye – and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro met yesterday with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at Yale University’s Tobin Center for Economic Policy in New Haven to discuss how President Joe Biden’s “Investing in America” agenda is expanding economic opportunity and boosting productive capacity in Connecticut. Secretary Yellen’s visit is part of the Biden administration’s “Investing in America” tour that is putting a spotlight on the historic investments from the Inflation…

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Stratford

Distracted Driving Enforcement

Apr 4, 2023 Stephen Krauchick

The Stratford Police Department will be conducting additional enforcement patrols during the month of April as part of the national distracted driving awareness campaign. April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month; the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is launching the U Drive. U Text. U Pay., high-visibility enforcement campaign to crack down on distracted driving. The national U Drive. U Text. U Pay. campaign is a partnership with State and local law enforcement, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In Connecticut in 2022, there were nearly 5,200 crashes attributed to distracted driving. Over the past decade, distracted driving has become one of the leading causes of vehicle crashes on our nation’s roads. At…

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Bridgeport

Bridgeport News: Police Involved Accident

Apr 3, 2023 Stephen Krauchick

#Bridgeport CT-- On Saturday April 1, 2023, at approximately 9:33pm, the Bridgeport Emergency Operations Center received a radio call from Bridgeport Police Officer Bettini (Car Green 32) reporting he was struck head-on by a vehicle while traveling eastbound on Barnum Ave. The striking vehicle was a 2012 Toyota Camry traveling westbound on Barnum Ave. operated by a 42-year-old male from Stratford. Officer Bettini also reported an entrapment within the Toyota Camry and the Fire Department and AMR were dispatched and responded. The Fire Department extracted the operator of the Toyota Camry out of the vehicle. Officer Bettini and the operator of the Toyota Camry were both transported to Bridgeport Hospital where they were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The Bridgeport Police…

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Westport

Westport News: Deceased Body Pulled From Pond

Apr 3, 2023 Stephen Krauchick

Westport Police Press Release: UPDATE:Errol Whyte, age 62, of Stamford, CT was positively identified as the deceased person foundthis morning. Mr. Whyte had been missing since December 29 th , 2022 and was the subject of amissing person investigation by Stamford Police Department. Westport Police DetectiveBureau will now conduct a death investigation to try and determine the circumstances leadingto Mr. Whyte’s death.The Westport Police Department extends (Westport, CT) On April 3rd, 2023, the Westport Police Department responded to the area of 55/57 Greens Farms Rd on a report of a body floating in a retention pond on the property. Responding units located the party and confirmed that they were deceased. The investigation is currently in its infancy and the identification…

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State News

GOVERNOR LAMONT ANNOUNCES CLOSURE OF THE WILLARD CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION

Apr 3, 2023 Stephen Krauchick

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont announced that the Connecticut Department of Correction has closed the Willard Correctional Institution in Enfield as of Saturday, April 1, 2023. The governor announced his administration’s plans to close the facility in January in a decision that was largely attributed to the significant drop in the state’s incarcerated population. The total population at all correctional facilities statewide currently stands at roughly 10,000 individuals, which is substantially down from the all-time high of 19,894 in February of 2008. Over this same period of time, crime in Connecticut has also substantially decreased. During the last decade, the state’s violent crime rate fell by 43% and its property crime rate declined by 29%. In the most recent…

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State News

New Haven News: I-95 Shut Down

Apr 2, 2023 Stephen Krauchick

On Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 at approximately 8:34 PM, a two-vehicle collision occurred on Interstate 95 northbound on the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Q-Bridge) in the City of New Haven. A Mazda5, driven by Beth Weinstein had stopped on the right shoulder due to a flat tire, while a tractor-trailer was traveling in the right lane, which is designated as the exit #50 exit-only lane. While passing the car, the tractor-trailer collided with it, causing the tractor-trailer to then hit the concrete traffic barrier on the right shoulder and catch fire. The tractor-trailer then traveled across four lanes of traffic and collided with the concrete traffic barrier in the left median, where it was also engulfed by fire. The driver…

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