Bridgeport News: Attempted Armed Robbery @Payless Shoes

4:09pm--#Bridgeport CT--Two males attempt to rob the Boston Avenue Payless Shoes.  They attempted but failed to grab money from the register and fled the store on foot towards Glenwood Avenue.  Police are looking for two black males, one tall wearing a white tank top, jeans and black sunglasses.  The other is shorter, white shirt caring a plastic bag, he was the one with the gun.   This report sponsored by:

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Stratford’s U DRIVE, U TEXT, U PAY Crackdown

#Stratford, CT – The Stratford Police Department along with the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s Highway Safety Office, today announced the continuation of the “U DRIVE, U TEXT, U PAY.” initiative – an effort to crackdown on motorists who choose to text, talk or otherwise distract themselves from the task of driving by using a hand-held mobile phone. According to surveys conducted before and after April’s crackdown, there was an eight percent drop in mobile phone use by drivers at observation locations throughout municipalities where police conducted enforcement. The drop in observed use is encouraging to law enforcement agencies, and demonstrates the need to reinforce to motorists that mobile phone use while driving is both dangerous and illegal. The campaign will run from August 3rd through the 16th and marks…

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