2022-08-04@11:22pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Tonight's vehicle fire is located at Grant and Seaview Avenue. The car is fully engulfed and endangering another car to catch fire. Firefighters going to work! See ALL our posts, not just what Facebook shows you. Download our FREE app, search Doing It Local at the app store-Apple and Android. This news report is made possible by: Visit Interstate's website at: https://ctbattery.com/
Police UPDATE: Last night at approximately 2045hrs a Bridgeport Police Officer was flagged down in the area of Park Ave and John St. The party indicated seeing a street fight at the corners of Fairfield Ave and Park Ave. A call was received into the Bridgeport ECC regarding a party that witnessed a female being pulled into a vehicle. Bridgeport Police were dispatched to the area and based upon preliminary reports it appears that the incident was a street fight amongst known parties with parties fleeing the area. Bridgeport PD cannot corroborate a kidnapping and there have been no notifications of any missing persons or an abduction. BPD has been in contact with several parties involved in the incident. This is…
2022-0804@6:00pm--#Fairfield CT-- A car had its window smashed and a laptop taken while parked at Whole Foods 350 Grasmere Avenue. This news report is made possible by:
VIDEO REPORT-- 2022-08-04 #Bridgeport CT-- A number of viewers have reached out to me to let me know about tombstones discarded just a couple of feet from the splash pad outside Luis Marin School on the Boston Avenue side. Lakeview Cemetery is across the street but it is not known if the two are connected. It is not known how long they have been there but they are behind a fenced-in area of a small building being demolished.One stone is of PFC Morris J. Cohen who served in the US Army during WWII. The other stone is a mother, Gertrude Jones who passed in 1981. Cohen's year of death is hard to make out, looks like 1983.Frank Recchia of News12…
2022-08-04@1:31pm--#Fairfield CT-- A construction worker was injured when the truck he was operating rolled over on Hillside Road near Cobblers Hill Road.
2022-08-04@11:32:00 AM-- Report of a crash with injuries at Huntington and Broadbridge Avenue. This news report is made possible by:
On July 27, 2022 15-year-old Emily Benitez and her 5-month-old infant son Oliver Ortiz were reported missing by the family’s CT Department of Children and Families (DCF) case worker. To fit the criteria for an amber alert there needs to be an imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death. On August 3, 2022, a silver alert was implemented by the CT Department of Public Safety. Emily is described as approximately 5’ tall/110 lbs. having brown hair/eyes. The child, Oliver, is only five-months-old and has brown hair/eyes. The Bridgeport Police Department is working with our law enforcement partners to bring this incident to a safe and speedy conclusion. We are asking for the public’s help in locating Emily and Oliver. …
I-95 Crash2022-08-03@11:11am--#Bridgeport CT-- #cttraffic-- A crash on I-95 southbound, where else but 27A.
(NEW HAVEN, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont announced the launch of CT Health Horizons, a three-year higher education program designed to address statewide shortages in nursing and behavioral health providers.A collaborative partnership between Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU), the Office of Workforce Strategy (OWS), multiple state agencies, the University of Connecticut (UConn), the Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges (CCIC), and the Connecticut Hospital Association, the program seeks to address the state’s workforce shortage in these critical areas through three strategic pillars:Tuition assistance to incentivize low-income and minority students to enter accelerated and cost-effective nursing and social work programs.Recruitment and retention of faculty to rapidly expand seat capacity and train the next generation of nursing and behavioral health workers.Innovative programs…
2022-08-03@2:29am--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a man and a woman assaulted with a knife in the 200 block of Oak Street. ANYONE WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE BRIDGEPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 203-576-TIPS. This press release was made possible by: Visit Interstate's website at: https://ctbattery.com/
