2023-04-06@11:30pm--#Bridgeport CT--- Police are investigating a homicide at Candlelight Square at 333 Vincellette Street. I'm told it was a result of domestic violence. Police are looking for a silver sedan with New York plates that fled the scene. Detectives have arrived to begin their investigation. Neighbors told me the only problems at this complex were parking issues, otherwise a very peaceful neighborhood. https://youtu.be/JBwofXPgB8A
#Westport CT---On Tuesday, 04/04/23, at approximately 11:39 p.m., Troop G dispatch received a report of an evading motor vehicle accident in a construction zone on Interstate 95 Northbound in the area of Exit 17 in Westport. The caller reported that his vehicle had been struck and so had a truck working in a construction zone. He reported that he was now traveling northbound behind the black Honda which had allegedly evaded the scene. A responding trooper located the Honda traveling northbound in the left lane in the area of Exit 20 and observed that it was drifting from the median into the center lane, failing to properly maintain a travel lane. The trooper initiated a motor vehicle stop prior to…
2023-04-05@5:38pm--#Bridgeport CT--#cttraffic-- A crash on I-95 southbound near exit 27. No word on injuries.
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…
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…
2023-04-04@4:44pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Today's vehicle fire is a brake fire on a box truck on Lafayette Boulevard. This news report is made possible by:
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…
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…
#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…
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…
