2021-08-21@2:21am--#Bridgeport CT-- Police are reporting that a person walked in to Bridgeport Hospital with stab wounds to his abdomen and hand. It was reported to have happened at Harral Avenue and Milne Street. This news report is made possible by:
#Shelton CT--On 08/20/2021 at approximately 7:00 PM, Shelton Police, Shelton Fire and EMS weredispatched to the area of 137 Meadow St for an accident involving a vehicle and amotorcycle. The preliminary investigation by police revealed that the driver of themotorcycle was traveling on the Meadow St headed southbound towards Shelton Ave andthe driver of the vehicle was traveling on Meadow St headed northbound.The operator of the motorcycle, 43 year old Robert Kimmer of Shelton, was transportedto the hospital and was later pronounced deceased. The operator of the vehicle, 34 yearold Andrew Zebendon of Shelton, did not claim any injuries.The Shelton Police Traffic Division Reconstruction Team is currently investigating thisaccident. No enforcement action has been taken at this time. Any witnesses…
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) will conduct a series of virtual public information meetings to launch the 2021-2025 Connecticut State Rail Plan update. The kickoff meetings will provide the public and stakeholders an opportunity to learn about the purpose and requirements of the Connecticut State Rail Plan and how its updates were initiated. The first meeting will begin on August 31, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. Additional meetings will be held on September 2, 2021, at 1:00 p.m., and September 9, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. All sessions will present the same information and will be live-streamed via Microsoft Teams Live Event and YouTube Live. Registration is not required. After a formal presentation, there will be a live question and answer…
2021-08-21@1:11am--#Bridgeport CT-- A pedestrian has been struck by a car on Cowles Street and the car has fled the scene. This news report is made possible by:
Scott Appleby, Office of Emergency Management said the person was assaulted with a baseball bat and the suspect fled the scene. 2021-08-20@10:09pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of an assault with a dangerous weapon 700 block of Stillman Avenue. No details given. This news report is made possible by:
#Bridgeport CT-- On August 19, 2021 at approximately 1:07 pm the Bridgeport Police Tactical Narcotics Team (TNT) responded to the intersection of Arctic Street and Pembroke Street on a report of a person in that area with a firearm. Upon officers arrival the suspect, later identified as 20-year-old Kevin Despres of Middletown Connecticut, observed the police vehicles and immediately began to run away from them unsolicited. Officers engaged the suspect in foot pursuit and observed Despres grabbing at his waist band. Despres then pulled a handgun from his waistband. As Despres was running away, he tripped and fell to the ground allowing the police officers to catch up to him and take him into custody without further incident. A loaded .22 caliber pistol was recovered. Despres does not possess a valid CT pistol permit and is…
2021-08-20@3:30pm--#Norwalk CT-- #cttraffic--Reports of a crash with injuries on the Merritt Parkway northbound between exits 40 and 41 for your commuting pleasure. This news report is made possible by: http://www.bdklawgroup.com/
2021-08-20 #Bridgeport CT-- Two more officers are leaving the Bridgeport Police Department. Officer Robert Roj is taking his experience to Easton and Steven Caldwell to Greenwich. This makes five to leave the force this week. However, I'm told by multiple source that some of these officers were suppose to leave in July but their paperwork was purposefully delayed to delay the inevitable. Three days ago when three other officers left I reached out to Rowena White, Mayor Ganim's director of communications" and emailed her "I know three officers just left for Shelton today. What should the police force be at full staffing and what are the levels now? Will the chief be declaring another state of emergency anytime soon like…
WASHINGTON, D.C.]– Amid a series of Tesla crashes, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, voiced serious concerns about Tesla’s misleading advertising and marketing of its Autopilot and Full-Self Driving (FSD) features to consumers, and called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to launch an investigation and take enforcement action. “Tesla’s marketing has repeatedly overstated the capabilities of its vehicles, and these statements increasingly pose a threat to motorists and other users of the road,” wrote the senators to FTC Chair Lina Khan. “Accordingly, we urge you to open an investigation into potentially deceptive and unfair practices in Tesla’s advertising and marketing of its driving automation systems and take appropriate…
2021-08-20@12:50pm--#Bridgeport CT-- #cttraffic-- A state trooper has been by a human while on a traffic stop on I-95 southbound near exit 27. No word on the circumstances for the stop.
