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10:00pm– #Bridgeport CT–Police are investigating an armed robbery at 1611 Stratford Avenue.  No mention which store, police are reviewing security footage.  The suspect wore a mask and displayed a gun.

9:38pm–#Bridgeport CT–Police responding to Bodine Hall at 80  University Boulevard, University of Bridgeport.  Police radio says university security calling for help, that  there are about 15-20 people fighting with baseball bats.  Reports  now say security, now police in pursuit of a white Honda with New York plates that may be responsible for the melee.  One student on the fourth floor at Bodine Hall was injured, EMS was called to the scene.

#Bridgeport, CT – May 9, 2013 – A burglar was chased off early Thursday by a make-believe shotgun.  An Alanson Road resident called police at 3:29 a.m.  He told Officer Marco Brito that he was watching television when he heard a loud noise in the kitchen and encountered a masked man who was holding what appeared to be a handgun. The burglar told him not to move.  The resident however stated that he was calling 911 and told the intruder that he had a shotgun.  The burglar fled. The “shotgun” was really a broom.

(Bridgeport, CT — May 9, 2013) — Police arrested a 23-year-old man Thursday in connection with a hit-and-run accident that injured an 10-year-old boy.
Paul Whitehurst turned himself in to police Thursday evening. He faces charges of evading responsibility, driving without a license, failure to yield to a pedestrian and driving the wrong way on a one-way street, which occurred as he tried to flee the scene.
Officers Pete Garcia and John Perry, of the department’s traffic unit, made the arrest with the help of information provided by the public.
The accident happened Thursday morning at the intersection of Howard and Maplewood avenues. The victim was crossing the street en route to Bryant School. One car stopped to let him cross but Whitehurst continued through the crosswalk and struck the child. The boy suffered a laceration to his ear and some abrasions.
Witnesses chased after the fleeing car and the driver stopped and fled on foot.
Police checked the registration of the car and determined it was a rental. Police made contact with the person on the rental agreement and, as the investigation progressed, identified Whitehurst as the driver.
After speaking with police, he came to police headquarters Thursday evening and turned himself in.
The victim is expected to be fine.

8:10pm–#Bridgeport CT–Odor of gas indoors at 376 East Washington Avenue, Harborview Towers.  Here come a bunch of firetrucks!

#Bridgeport CT—A 37-year-old was arrested with narcotics with his 4-year-old child in his car.  Officers Michael Stanitis and Fabio Pereira stopped Wednesday to check out an illegally parked car in a high drug activity area on Sixth Street. When police pulled up, the driver drove off and was pulled over moments later.

The officers noticed the operators moving around in the car and, when they approached, the driver, Terriance Williams, stated that he had a suspended license.

Police verified that and conducted an inventory as they prepared to tow the car. They found a baggie containing what appeared to be crack cocaine on the driver’s seat. When they removed Williams from the squad car, they found more apparent crack cocaine on the seat of the cruiser. The suspect’s 4-year-old child was picked up by his mother and police brought Williams to police headquarters.

There, when he was searched, police and booking officers found a baggie between his buttocks that contained pills.

Williams faces motor vehicle counts and charges of possession of narcotics, possession with intent to sell and risk of injury to a minor.

7:51pm–#Bridgeport CT #nakedpeople–A passerby calls police that there are two people having sex in a car on Pond Street.

6:33pm–#Fairfield CT–A report of a multi car accident at Black Rock Turnpike and Stillson Road intersection.  I believe last year this intersection had the most accidents in town.

5:33pm–#Fairfield CT–Police on the way to Longfellow and Kings Highway for a car that crashed into a tree.  No reported injuries.

(Bridgeport, CT — May 9, 2013) – A 19-year-old who attacked two police officers at his home is charged with attacking a third officer in the hospital.

Collin Moore, 19, of 313 Dover St., remained jailed Thursday on $180,000.

The police officer at the hospital required stitches and had multiple lacerations and a bite injury to her face.

Moore was taken to Bridgeport Hospital for evaluation Friday after an incident at his house on Dover Street in which two officers were injured, including one who was struck on the head with a marble funeral urn.

That night, Moore was checked out and being prepared for transport to police booking. The officer who was guarding him had to remove his shackles so he could dress, and when she did, Moore suddenly attacked her. The two wrestled to the ground as Moore tugged repeatedly at the officer’s service weapon.  The officer rolled over onto her right side to prevent him from accessing her gun and defended herself, striking Moore several times in the face.

During the struggle, Moore bit the officers in the face, and called out that he “got the gun.”

This kept hospital security out of the room until the officer called out that he did not have the gun. At that point, security and staff entered the room and gained control of Moore. The officer was treated for her injuries.

The original incident happened earlier Friday when police responded to 313 Dover St. on a report of a 19-year-old out of control.

When officers arrived, they had started up the stairs a when a male emerged naked from a bedroom and struck one of the officers repeatedly with a marble urn, causing him to fall back down the stairs. The second officer suffered puncture wounds to his leg after he was bitten by a dog.

Moore faces a range of charges, including three counts of assault on a police officer.