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#Ansonia CT–On July 16, 2021 at about 1:55 P.M., an Ansonia Police Department patrol officer attempted to stop a silver Audi on North Main Street at Liberty Street. The Audi fled the scene at a high rate of speed travelling north; the officer attempting the stop did not pursue the Audi. At the intersection of North Main Street and Third Street the Audi, which was now travelling north in the southbound lane, struck a Hyundai attempting to turn left onto Third Street. The Audi then travelled onto the sidewalk striking a fire hydrant, a pedestrian and a tree before coming to a stop at the entrance to the Daily Mart parking lot.
The pedestrian suffered injuries to her head, arm and leg; she was transported to a local hospital for treatment and is in stable condition. The driver of the Hyundai and an infant passenger were both transported to a local hospital for evaluation and two other passengers in the Hyundai were treated on the scene.
The driver and passenger of the Audi both ran from the car and have not been located. The driver of the Audi was a white male wearing dark colored shorts, no shirt and a baseball hat. The passenger of the Audi was a light-skinned black male wearing black shirt and pants. Both males ran through the parking lot and where last seen running towards Fourth Street. The Audi was not stolen, detectives are in the process of identifying the driver and an arrest is anticipated in this incident.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ansonia Police Department at 203-735-1885 or information can be left anonymously on Tip411 at the link below.
2021-07-16@7:24pm–#Fairfield CT– Police are investigating the theft of 4 bicycles from a backyard on Wilson Street by four yutes. They were last seen driving down Bryant Street with the bikes.
HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont announced that the State of Connecticut has launched CTForMe, a new online hub focused on attracting and retaining young talent to the state. The initiative include a website (www.CTForMe.com) and Instagram account (@CTForMe) that feature the organic visual stories of young talent, entrepreneurs, and professionals who live and work in Connecticut.
Content on CTForMe reflects key themes of interest to young professionals, including employment and entrepreneurial opportunities, walkable cities and open spaces, arts and culture, the green economy, the environment and sustainability, community impact, and multiculturalism within Connecticut – all shared in the first-person.
“We know that this last year has had a major impact on where people across the country want to live and work, and Connecticut’s open spaces, smaller cities, and top education and healthcare systems are becoming more attractive now more than ever, including among young professionals,” Governor Lamont said. “This is the perfect time to highlight all the great and unique things about Connecticut. CTForMe is a new way our younger population can engage with each other and share their personal experiences of living and working in Connecticut. I encourage anyone who wants to tell their stories to use the hashtag or reach out – let’s work to get your story out there.”
The CTForMe hub, which is an initiative of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, incorporates original and curated content, including videos, first-person testimonials, news stories, statistics, and career and networking resources. This content will be shared with young talent across Connecticut and in surrounding states through social media programs, media outreach, digital marketing, and search engine marketing.
“The new CTforMe content hub is designed to be a resource for young, talented professionals who are considering making their lives in Connecticut,” Glendowlyn Thames, deputy commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, said. “In addition to the state’s promotion of this content, we are working with HR departments, businesses, associations, community leaders, realtors, and other influencers from across Connecticut to help them integrate these resources into their own recruiting and retention efforts.”
Since the soft launch of CTForMe in January, the website and Instagram account have featured dozens of stories, videos, and news from leading organizations from around Connecticut. CTForMe will serve as a powerful tool for businesses to attract and retain young talent as it demonstrates all Connecticut has to offer. A digital toolkit has already been provided to hundreds of businesses, universities, economic development partners, and nonprofit organizations around the state to assist in this effort.
John Houston, president and CEO of Arvinas, said, “Attracting and retaining talented employees has been a critical part of Arvinas’ success and we know that our employees really enjoy working and living in Connecticut. Being part of the growing biotech hub in New Haven, we’re excited to have one of our scientists featured on CTforMe and look forward to promoting all that Connecticut has to offer. It’s truly a wonderful place to live, work, and play.”
To date, CTforMe.com has attracted over 78,000 page views from more than 52,000 new site users. Site visits have been primarily from New England, New York, California, and Florida, with close to 30% of all traffic originating in the careers section of the website. People-centric, authentic feature stories about young professionals currently drives the most engagement on-site, and within supporting Instagram posts. The @CTforMe Instagram account has already generated approximately 8 million impressions and more than 162,000 clicks to CTforMe.com.
2021-07-16 @ 11:15pm–#Bridgeport CT– Last night was an incident that was being reported as a stand-off or an barricaded incident. Bridgeport Emergency Communication Center received a call that was described as a possible barricaded armed suspect when a woman called indicating a known person threatened her with a weapon and is possibly on-site at the location. To err on the side of safety and based on the callers information, the Bridgeport Police responded with the Emergency Service Units (ESU). Negotiators determined that the male party was no longer on scene.. As a precaution, BPD ESU cleared the house anyway. Police are actively investigating this incident.
2021-07-16@11:01am–#Milford CT– There was a grill and hood fire at the Burger King at 1292 Boston PostRoad. Power has been secured. The restaurant has been evacuated.
2021-07-16@10:27am–#Milford CT– A fuel spill reported at the Sunoco Station at 322 Old Gate Lane. Radio reports say 150 gallons of diesel fuel spilled on the ground and in the storm drain. Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is on the way. Milford Hazmat team is working to contain the spill.
#Bridgeport CT– Last night, members of the Bridgeport Police Department’s Detective Bureau, with the assistance of the Emergency Services Unit, and The Gang Task Force, arrested Dondre Nesmith (DOB: 10/23/1995 of 652 Dewey St) for the July 12th murder of Javier Flores. Search warrants were executed on Nesmith’s home and on his car. During an interview, Nesmith admitted to shooting Flores in retaliation for Flores and another man robbing him and forcing him to strip out of his clothes.
Nesmith is charged with Murder. He is being held on a $1,000,000 bond and will appear in court in the morning.
This arrest is a result of the hard work by Detective Winkler, who was the lead detective on the case, and the other members of the Homicide and Identification Units. Additionally, members of the Fusion Center and The Gang Task Force played key roles in solving the case.
WASHINGTON, D.C – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) Chair of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, released the following statement after the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced the agency filed a lawsuit against Amazon to force the online retailer to recall hazardous products sold on Amazon.com:
“This is a forceful and decisive action by CPSC with a clear message to Amazon and other online marketplaces: knowingly selling dangerous and defective products that imperil Americans will not be tolerated. Amazon must take responsibility for stemming the tide of hazardous products sold through its platform, including its own AmazonBasics car chargers, surge protectors, and microwaves that have caught on fire, exploded, and physically harmed consumers—some of which the company continues to sell to unknowing Americans. As I’ve called on Amazon numerous times, these unsafe products must be immediately recalled and consumers notified to prevent further harms.”
“CPSC must stay vigilant and act swiftly to protect consumers from an ongoing onslaught of hazardous products that remain available for purchase online, and Congress must provide substantial resources needed by this vital agency to effectively perform its critical work.”
Blumenthal has long led efforts to ensure Amazon conducts recalls and notifies consumers of hazardous products sold through its online marketplace. In September 2020, following an investigative report from CNN, Blumenthal and U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) sent a letter to Amazon CEO and Chairman Jeff Bezos, demanding the company recall and stop sales of dangerous AmazonBasics products, including flaming phone chargers and exploding batteries. The lawmakers sent a letter to CPSC in October 2020, calling for the agency to open a probe into Amazon’s stalling and deflecting on the safety of its AmazonBasics products, and to ensure Amazon works with the agency to recall and notify consumers about hazardous products. In August 2019, Blumenthal, Menendez, and Markey wrote a letter to Amazon after an investigation by The Wall Street Journal found more than 4,000 products for sale on Amazon that were unsafe, deceptively labeled, or banned. The text of that letter is available here.
#Bridgeport News: An arrest has been made in the homicide of the 27 year old man shot on Gregory Street and Rennell Court on Monday. I’ll have more details in the late morning.
2021-07-15@9:23pm–#Fairfiled CT– A pedestrian has been hit by a car at Quincy and Beach Road. The driver stopped , the pedestrian has a possible dislocated ankle according to radio reports.
