Fairfield News: Bumper Cars After Shoplifting Incident

#Fairfield CT-- At approximately 1:30 PM, Fairfield Police received a call from Loss Prevention at Home Depot, 541 Kings Highway Cutoff, reporting a known shoplifter was inside the store concealing items. Upon police arrival, the suspect, described as a black male, fled in a gold Toyota Camry, bearing CT Reg AK97634. The suspect vehicle struck a police car and two other cars in the parking lot of Home Depot and fled on Kings Highway towards Bridgeport. The suspect vehicle also sideswiped a car while negotiating the turns where Black Rock Turnpike and Kings Highway intersect, known as Traffic Circle East.Officers observed the suspect vehicle traveling on the wrong side of North Avenue nearly hitting additional oncoming cars. Police attempted to…

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Bridgeport News: Basement Fire

2021-02-10@4:40pm--#Bridgeport CT-- #ctfire--Firefighters on scene of a basement fire on Sauders Avenue. 3 lines in operation.

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Bridgeport News: Park Avenue Closed

2021-02-10@1:38pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Park Avenue (right off North Avenue) at Lorraine Street is closed due to this crash that took down power lines and a tree. This is not connected to the bumper car incident at the Fairfield Home Depot which I'll have a fully report shortly.

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Westport News: Possession of Child Pornography in the Second Degree

Tampering with Evidence #Westport CT-- On April 4, 2020, the Westport Police Department received information that a town resident was possibly downloading child pornography onto his computer. The Sergeant investigating the matter was able to determine that the IP address of the computer being utilized to download the suspected images did in fact come back to a home in Westport. A search warrant was then applied for and granted to search the computers and electronic devices at the address in question. During the execution of the search warrant, one of the residents, Sam Gold, allegedly tampered with some of the devices that the investigating detectives were attempting to inspect. During an examination of the devices that were seized, suspected images…

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WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on Friday introduced legislation to assist families who are struggling to afford diapers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 Diaper Assistance Act would provide $200 million in additional funds through the Social Services Block Grant program for diaper assistance. Prior to the pandemic, nonprofit diaper bank distribution only met 5 to 6 percent of diaper need. Since the start of COVID–19, many diaper banks around the country have experienced triple the increase in demand for diapers due to the pandemic and economic shutdown. Nonprofits alone cannot fully address this public health crisis that impacts one in three families in the United States. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) will introduce companion legislation in the U.S. House…

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Senator Marilyn Moore (D-Bridgeport) is welcoming a viability grant to Bridgeport from the Department of Agriculture. The viability grant will help to establish the first shipping container urban farm in the city and increase access to healthy green vegetables. The funding will allow for the purchase, installation, and construction of three shipping container urban farming structures to hydroponically grow microgreens and leafy vegetables which will provide year-round access to microgreens to Bridgeport's residents and the East End NRZ Market.  "Urban communities should have access to locally grown produce and I am thankful to the Department of Agriculture for awarding Bridgeport this funding," said Sen. Moore. "Not only will this make locally grown vegetables more accessible to people who live in the city, but it…

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Tonight’s Vehicle Fire

2021-02-08@1:13am--#Bridgeport CT--Tonight's vehicle fire is a car in the parking lot at Scruples on North Avenue.

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I-95 Rollover

2021-02-07@7:55pm--#Bridgeport CT--#cttraffic-- A one car rollover on I-95 northbound on the exit 28 ramp.

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Fairfield New: Town Plow Driver Threatened

2021-02-07@6:35pm--#Fairfield CT-- A private plow operator threatened at town plow driver on Newell Place (off South Benson Road). He threatened to "shoot him if he returned". This news report is made possible by: Visit Scap's Website at: https://www.scapchryslerjeep.com/

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On Tuesday, Feb. 9, a public hearing will be held on a proposal from majority democrats to create government-run health care in Connecticut.  Despite the lofty promise of affordable and accessible Health Insurance, this proposal could: Cite promise savings and access that are unproven and unsustainableRaise the cost of private and employer health insuranceForce people onto state run MedicaidCT taxpayers will pay for the government-run insurance's future losses.Kill good-paying private sector insurance jobs in our state Republicans have proposed a better way. Our Republican solution (SB 502 proposed by Senators Kevin Kelly, Paul Formica and Tony Hwang) protects middle-class families and Connecticut jobs. It will be based on market proven health insurance risk management and cost controls.  It could lower health insurance premiums…

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