#ctfire–#Seymour CT– 12 Clifton Street extensive house fire. Partial roof collapse with firefighters ordered out of the building for an exterior attack. Fire departments from Beacon Falls, Ansonia and Oxford are providing mutual aid. There were no reported injuries. Burb reporter Ryan Hunt provided this photo:
2:53am–#Bridgeport CT–Police have several people detained and a man with a gun after a report of shots fired at Orchard and Stillman Street. They are sorting out what took place at this time of report.
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10:32pm–#Stratford CT–We don’t normally report on domestic fights but a Stratford man was involved in one with his wife. He fled in his car. The wife gave police turn by turn directions as she tracked him on his iPhone via iCloud. The man was arrested off Broadbridge Avenue.
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Karim Skipworth, of 121 Hicks St., surrendered at Police Headquarters today on a warrant charging him with murder, carrying a pistol without a permit and criminal possession of a firearm. His bond was set at $1 million.
“Detectives investigating this case worked day and night since the incident,” said Police Chief Joseph L. Gaudett Jr. “We owed that to the family and to our city. Detectives pursued every lead and followed the evidence where it took them. That led us to the suspect. “The investigators did outstanding work.” The homicide squad led by Lt. Christopher LaMaine and Detectives Ada Curet, Dennis Martinez, Paul Ortiz, Robert Winkler and Heitor Teixeira secured the arrest warrant.
The homicide happened on Feb. 20, when Jose Lebron, 28, of Bridgeport, was fatally shot near the corner of William and Ogden streets. At the homicide scene, police recovered a BB gun in Lebron’s right hand and money in his left hand. Police also recovered cell phones in his possession and drugs in his possession and in his vehicle. One of the recovered cell phones belonged to Skipworth. The investigation revealed that Lebron arranged a meeting with Skipworth at Ogden Street and William Street on the night of the homicide. When Skipworth arrived, Lebron robbed him of his money and cell phone, detectives learned. As Lebron fled the area, Skipworth fired shots and fatally wounded him.
(Bridgeport Police Department Press Release).
5:50pm–#Fairfield CT #Stratford CT–Back to back calls of odor of gas indoors at Franklin School on Barnum Avenue in Stratford and now 35 French Street in Fairfield.
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2:54pm–#Fairfield CT–Warner Hill Road in the 500 block is closed due to a stuck tractor trailer and will remain closed until it’s tow removes it according to radio reports.
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2:47pm–#Bridgeport CT–One person is detained and additional police cars have been dispatched outside Harding High School for a large crowd and disturbance.
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2:03am–#Fairfield CT–EMS dispatched to Fairfield University, Campion Hall lady’s room for a female student with lacerations to her face. No other details available at this time.
Fairfield, Connecticut (March 6, 2015). Greater Fairfield County Softball Umpire Association (GFCSUA) announces it membership meeting on March 8, 2015 at St. Joseph High School Auditorium at 9:15am and new membership umpire classes, which started on March 4, 2015 and continues for four successive Wednesdays at Fairfield Ludlowe High School at 6:00pm.
Those interested in umpiring high school athletic softball competitions in the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference and South West Conference are required to attend rules and mechanics training classes that will be held March 11, 17, 25 and April 1 at 6:00pm. In addition, attendance at on-field training shall be required and scheduled. All new members are required to submit to and pass a Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference background check and attend GFCSUA’s sensitivity training course before taking the field for officiating purposes.
GFCSUA is also pleased to announce that one of its founding members, Vice President and Commissioner, Albert Vazquez, was inducted into the Connecticut Scholastic and Collegiate Softball Hall of Fame. Vazquez has umpired softball athletic competitions of all levels: youth; high school; collegiate; and professional. The induction ceremony was held March 1, 2015 at the Aqua Turf Club, Plantsville, Connecticut. Vazquez joined the 2015 Class of inductees, which included Melanie Kasack Ivey, Bethel High School, and Patti Fernandes, Stratford High School, as high school players, Amber Radomski, American International College, as a college player, and Theresa Napolitano, Lauralton Hall, as a high school coach. “We are very honored to have one of our members selected for induction,” states Rich Calitro, President, GFCSUA. “Al exemplifies that which we all strive to achieve: to be the very best; and to serve with honor, integrity, and dignity. All of which, is for the love of the game of softball.” Vazquez was presented for induction by Brian Marks, GFCSU’s Secretary and Rules Interpreter.
9:50pm–#Fairfield CT–Firefighters on scene of an oven fire on Lalley Boulevard. Fire was contained to the oven and the firefighters are ventilating the home of smoke.
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