Timber!
1:31am--#Bridgeort Ct--If you park on Ellsworth Street and Circular Avenue go check your car, a large branch fell off a tree and hit a parked car.
DJ Charged With Threatening at O’Shea
#Bridgeport CT -- April 29, 2013) – A disc jockey from Waterbury was cited for threatening after an encounter at a Black Rock bar. Police were called to O’Shea, 2770 Fairfield Ave., Sunday at 1:48 a.m. on a complaint from the owner that a DJ he hired had threatened him. According to the owner, he hired Sheila Lawrence, 46, for the night but had specifically instructed her not to play rap music from her playlist. The last song she played was a rap song, so the owner instructed his staff to turn up the lights and close the bar. That sparked an argument in which Lawrence allegedly threatened to shoot the owner. She was given a misdemeanor summons for threatening…
Shots fired
10:40pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police on scene at Marina Village reporting 10-15 shots fired. Unknown if anyone or anything is it.
Armed robbery
10:39pm--#Bridgeport CT--An armed robbery outside 3600 Park Avenue. Taken was the man's wallet. A gun and knife was displayed.
1 in custody for stealing patio furniture
8:08pm--#Bridgeport CT--One man is in custody for attempting to steal patio furniture from the back area of Ralph and Rich's Restaurant 815 Main Street.
Odor investigation
7:01pm--#Bridgeport CT Firefighters on the way to 1511 Madison Ave. for an odor investigation, possibly of smoke. Turns out to be workers sandblasting.
Firefighters called to Jana Lingerie…….
6:11pm--#Bridgeport CT--#ctfire--Firefighters were called to Jana Lingerie at 2442 Main Street for smoke in the basement. It wasn't anything you or I were thinking, it was just a ember from a grill dropped below the deck. No fire and firefighters quickly recalled the alarm of fire.
Fire Engine Pizza Co. Supports Safe Asleep Program
Today, Marty McCarthy and Phil Segneri, partners - Fire Engine Pizza Co., presented RYASAP and the City of Bridgeport with a check in support of theRYASAP’s Safe Asleep program. The program receives 25-40 calls per day and installs approximately 4,000 free smoke alarms in Bridgeport’s single and multi-family homes and apartments each year, saving lives every day. Prior to the Safe Asleep program, which began in 2005, Bridgeport had one of the highest incidents of fire related deaths in the United States. With a large population of children, families, seniors and persons with disabilities living in poverty, many households have limited resources to maintain their homes, let alone purchase and install smoke alarms and batteries.
Fire at Sikorsky Is Out
2:16am--#Bridgeport #ctfire--Firefighters on the way to 1210 South Avenue at Sikorsky for a structure fire that is now out.
Home Robbery Nets $3,000+
1:32am--#Bridgeport CT--A home robbery just occurred in the West Avenue area. I did not get an exact address but police said it was two black males, one in a black hoodie the other in a white hoodie and fled on West Avenue. Both had guns. Between three to four thousand dollars in cash plus jewelry was taken.