6:50pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– #Trumbull Connecticut– A hit and run accident is causing an even worse commuter traffic at Old Town and Old Town Road. The suspect fled on Quarry Road on foot.
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Bridgeport News: Obscene Performance
1:55pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut– Report of an “obscene performance” by two individuals inside a small blue car parked at Hallett and Goodwin Street. No word what the judges scored this at that gave it an obscene performance…
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Fairfield Summer Reading Program
#Fairfield Connectictut—Avoid the Summer Slide! Fairfield Police help get the word out on the Fairfield Public Library’s Summer Reading Program, On Your Mark, Get Set…READ. Summer reading programs keep students engaged in reading and learning activities that help them maintain the knowledge they acquired during the school year. Students not participating in a summer reading program are at greater risk to “slide” back on their school year gains. So join the free Fairfield Public Library Summer Reading Program today http://fairfieldpubliclibrary.
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West Haven News: Man Falls Into Asphalt Truck and Dies
12:08pm–#West Haven Connecticut– Report of a man about 50 years of age falling into an asphalt truck on Orange Avenue near the town line. Radio reports say he died from his injuries.
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Bridgeport Battles Zika Virus
Bridgeport, CT – With the start of the summer season,Mayor Joe Ganim today joined Connecticut US Senator Richard Blumenthal and Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) joined community leaders in The Hollow neighborhood to raise community awareness of simple steps that can be taken to prevent the spread of Zika virus, West Nile Virus, and other mosquito-borne diseases. Following the news conference to announce steps the city has taken to reduce mosquito habitat, volunteers fanned out into the neighborhood to distribute leaflets educating residents on what can be done to protect the community from the health hazards posed by the aggressive mosquito-borne diseases such as eliminating standing water, cleaning gutters, repairing windows and screens and other steps.
“Zika virus and West Nile Virus are very serious diseases and global problems, but in Bridgeport these are also neighborhood challenges that we need to get ahead of,” said Mayor Ganim. “Neighborhood cleanliness can have a direct impact on these health hazards, and there are very simple steps residents can take to reduce the risk of exposure to these mosquito-borne diseases as we can get into the summer. Mosquitoes breed in standing water so the more we can do to eradicate these standing pools of water that don’t drain, the less mosquito infestation we will have. The city already has a mosquito larvacide program in place and we have been treating the water catch basins throughout the city. But we also need the cooperation and help of residents to take steps like clean gutters and keep swimming pools chlorinated, eliminate poor draining puddles. This is an all hands on deck effort and we need to everything we can to make Bridgeport inhospitable for these harmful insects.”
Senator Blumenthal said, “Zika is a spreading threat to our nation – all over the northeast and the southern parts of our country. It is a vicious, insidious virus and its hand maiden is the mosquito. The Mosquito is the great enemy. The effort in Bridgeport to combat mosquito habitat is so important because in addition to Zika, mosquitoes spread other harmful diseases such as West Nile Virus, Dengue Fever, Chickungunya and Malaria. The federal government has abdicated its responsibility to fund vaccination efforts to fight these diseases and is playing political football with this important health concern. That’s why the majority of the effort will have to be done on the local level. These simple steps to reduce mosquito population in Bridgeport will help save lives. In the meantime, we will fight in Washington DC for the dollars that need invested to solve this global problem.”
Congressman Himes said, “Zika virus and other mosquito borne diseases are a world health problem that residents of neighborhoods in cities like Bridgeport in their homes or who live around parks can solve easily. Mosquitoes cannot breed if they don’t start their lives in standing water. Even a soda cap with water in it can serve as a breeding area for mosquitoes. Each and everyone of us can do our part to educate our friends and neighbors about the kind of cleanup needed to reduce infestation by mosquitoes and the risk of exposure to these diseases.”
Zika virus in pregnant women has been linked to birth defects in children such as microcephaly; and the disease has been detected throughout South America and more recently in Puerto Rico. West Nile Virus can cause high fever, swollen lymph nodes, and can even lead to paralysis in severe cases. There were confirmed cases of West Nile Virus in the Hollow neighborhood in Bridgeport in 2015. Also joining Mayor Ganim, Senator Blumenthal and Congressman Himes for the news conference were Bridgeport city councilman Jose Casco, and Councilwomen Denise Taylor-Moye and Jeanette Herron.
(City of Bridgeport Press Release)
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Bridgeport News: Krausers Robbed
11:33pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut–Krausers at 2579 Fairfield Avenue was robbed at gunpoint by two thin males. They took a singles (one dollar bills) and fled towards Monroe Street according to radio reports.
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I-95 Crash
8:19pm–#cttraffic–#Fairfield Connecticut–#Westport Connecticut–I-95 southbound near Maple Street overpass a tractor trailer has his a bridge abutment. Expect traffic delays.
Milford News: Structure Fire
7:00pm–#Milford Connecticut– A house fire at 50 50 Eastern Parkway with a resident burned. Firefighters mentioned possible alleged hoarding conditions inside.
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St. V’s Pressing Charges On Psych Patient
2:19pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut–If you are a psychiatric patient make sure you have presence of mind not to make a threat at St. Vincent’s Hospital. An unarmed psychiatric patient threatened to shoot the staff who in turned called police to press charges….
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CCDL President’s Statement
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—The United States Supreme Court declined on Monday to review a lower court’s ruling refusing to strike down on Second Amendment grounds Connecticut’s ban on certain semi-automatic firearms including the most popular rifles in the Nation. The Connecticut Citizens’ Defense League (CCDL) and other plaintiffs challenged Connecticut’s ban in 2013, arguing that the ban openly flouts the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, which held that law-abiding citizens have an individual right to keep commonly-owned firearms in their homes for self-defense.
According to Scott Wilson, President of the CCDL, the banned firearms are very rarely used by criminals, and the only things that distinguish them from non-banned firearms are external features such as thumbhole stocks and pistol grips that promote safe and accurate use. While criminals typically do not use the banned firearms, law-abiding citizens do. Mr. Wilson stated that “the firearms the State has chosen to ban are very frequently used by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes such as home-defense, hunting, and target shooting. In fact, one of the banned firearms, the AR-15, is the best-selling rifle in the United States.”
The federal courts have split over the correct way to analyze Second Amendment challenges after Heller, with most courts applying a fairly weak form of review ordinarily reserved for less-important rights. The Plaintiffs, Mr. Wilson said, had hoped the High Court would step in and reaffirm that the Second Amendment is not a “second-class” right. The lower court’s decision in this case was particularly indefensible, as the unconstitutionality of Connecticut’s ban follows directly from the Supreme Court’s reasoning in Heller. Mr. Wilson suggested that the Court’s decision to decline review may have been influenced by the recent, unfortunate death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the author if the Heller decision.
“We fully intend to renew our challenge to Connecticut’s blatantly unconstitutional ban as soon as there are five Justices sitting on the Supreme Court committed to the proper understanding of the Second Amendment.”
Scott Wilson Sr.
President
CCDL, Inc.
