Armed robbery
4:14pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at Beechwood and Laurel Ave. Woman was robbed at gunpoint the responsible were two males in a gold/tan Honda that fled west on Beechwood Ave.
McRobbery At McDonalds
2:45pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police are investigating a robbery that occurred at the McDonald's at 1900 Fairfield Ave. by three teens on bicycles. They took the victims backpack and cellphone. They fled on State Street.
Police Pursuit
1:49am--#Bridgeport--Police pursuit heading onto Boston Ave. He just crashed at Remington Street. One in custody after he hit a couple cars in the area. EMS on the way. If you live on Boston Ave. you may want to check to make sure your car wasn't one of the ones hit.
Car accident
1:02am--#Bridgeport CT--Report of a truck hitting a utility pole on Capitol and Wood Avenue. Report of injuries.
Slashing in Bridgeport
12:40am--#Bridgeport CT--Police and EMS on the way to Kingsbury Road where a woman slashed another woman with a knife.
Police Investigate Intentional Gas Break
2:44pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police are investigating an intentional cutting of a natural gas line between two tenants in the 1900 block of East Main Street.
National Shooting Sports Foundation donating 2,500 gun safety locks today
The Newtown-based National Shooting Sports Foundation is donating 2,500 gun safety locks to Bridgeport, Stratford, Fairfield and Waterbury to be distributed to residents free of charge. “We encourage residents to pick up a Project ChildSafe safety kit so that they can learn about the options they have to properly and securely store their firearms at home,” said Steve Sanetti, the CEO of the National Shooting Sports Foundation. “We thank Mayor Finch and Police Chief Gaudett for their leadership in helping to raise awareness about preventing unauthorized access and for distributing these firearm safety kits to gun owners.” WHAT: Police chiefs and mayors and First Selectmen from Bridgeport and Stratford announce free gun locks from the National Shooting Sports Foundation. WHEN:…
Bridgeport Police Blotter 3-1-2013
K-9 Convinces Suspect to Lie Down (Bridgeport, CT – Feb. 28, 2013) – A 19-year-old thought better of bailing from a stolen vehicle when confronted by K-9 Trace and his partner Mark Martocchio. On Tuesday, Martocchio was on patrol when he spotted a 2013 Nissan Rogue that was listed on the daily stolen car sheet. The vehicle pulled into a gas station at Park and Wood avenues and the driver exited and walked toward the gas pump. He returned to the sport utility vehicle after seeing police. He tried to drive off but Martocchio blocked him in and exited the squad car with his K-9 Trace. The driver, Phillip Silas, 19, of Kelsey Street, started to bail out of the…
Whitehead’s Plane Sculpture NOT Hijacked As First Feared
I received calls and e-mails from a few followers fearing that the sculpture/mobile of aviation pioneer Gustave Whitehead had been hijacked. Everyone feared the wound up in a salvage shop. No one knew exactly when including customers and employees at the McDonald's that is next to it when it disappeared. The foundation proudly showed the corporate sponsor ADKO and I knew they were down the block on State Street. It turns out it was taken down for the winter so it would not receive any damage from storms. The video below shows how active the mobile is in the wind. The video was recorded the day of its dedication May 15, 2012.
5 Ambulances Abandoned By City During Storm
Branch Manager John Wrobel of Nelson Ambulance on Nobel Avenue tells us that the City of Bridgeport abandoned five ambulances during the storm. John tells us that he made about fifteen to twenty phone calls to have Nobel Avenue cleared so they could resume their services. The ambulance service had to resort to hiring a private contractor . There were five ambulances and five chair cars out of a fleet of nineteen that do one hundred to one hundred and thirty calls a day. They were unable to provide services out of their Bridgeport branch. Nobel Avenue wasn't plowed until Tuesday according to Wrobel, he came out t speak at the city council meeting but time ran out before…