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Around 9:30pm Wednesday night fire fighters responded to a single car fire under the building at Embassy Towers, 2625 Park Avenue.  Deputy Chief Robert Petrucelli told us that firefighters quickly extinguished that blaze when residents reported there were other cars burning inside the garage.  Firefighters pressed further into the garage to find other cars burning.  Those cars were also quickly extinguished but smoke pushed up into the 15 story high rise which the ventilated.  Petrucelli told us that the evacuation went very smoothly, all the residents had evacuate before they arrived.  The fire marshal was called to the scene to further investigate.

President Obama today announced that he now supports same-sex marriage, reversing his longstanding opposition amid growing pressure from the Democratic base and even his own vice president.  In an interview with ABC News’ Robin Roberts, the president described his thought process as an “evolution” that led him to this place, based on conversations with his own staff members, openly gay and lesbian service members, and conversations with his wife and own daughters.  Read full story…….

Police are investigating a report of shots being fired after a street fight in front of 743 Iranistan Avenue Wednesday.  The fight broke out shortly after 1:30pm, one person was taken to local hospital for injuries sustained in the fight, but was not injured by gunfire.  Police say two Hispanic males fired shots to end the fight, then fled in a green Chevy  which was registered out of Waterbury.

Sunday, May 6th, the Westport Police Department received a call from a resident of Devon Road
reporting that someone had entered their home through the night and burglarized it.

Sometime between 4:00am and 6:00am, person or persons entered the residence through an unlocked
rear door and took a woman’s purse and an HP laptop computer. The purse was discovered outside
the residence and a set of car keys as well as $25 cash had been taken from the purse. No one in the
residence heard anything during the night.

Taken from the scene was a grey Honda Civic 4dr sedan bearing Connecticut registration 561YVT. The
vehicle has not been recovered as of the time of this release.

Anyone having information regarding this burglary should contact the Westport Police Department at
(203) 341-6082. Anyone seeing the grey Honda Civic bearing 561YVT should dial 911 or call their
local Police Department.

Just after midnight Sunday morning police on routine patrol traced smoke to a two car garage at 349 Harral Avenue and called the fire department.  The fire department quickly responded and extinguished the fire which appeared to be more smoke than fire. Fire officials have just begun their investigation and have no cause at the is time for the fire.  A recall was quickly sounded within 20 minutes of the call.

Just before midnight Saturday night a motorcycle collided with a car on Main Street at the corner of Goodsell Street.  Witnesses tell us the motorcycle was traveling at a high rate of speed.  Not a lot of information is available since police have just begun their investigation.  Of course if we get any further information we will pass it on.

Two children were hit by a sports utility vehicle on Central Avenue at the corner of Barnum Ave. Friday night just after 8pm. Connecticut Post is reporting one of the children suffered possible life threatening injuries. Witnesses we spoke to on scene confirmed that one of he children did not appear to be breathing for a while, but after they prayed for him he began breathing and responded when they told him not to move. All witnesses we spoke to said the driver fled the scene claiming he was chasing the vehicle that hit the children. Shoes, hats and other garments the children were wearing were scattered all over the roadway from the impact. Bridgeport Hospital is on this block and the children were transported there. The road remained closed as police reconstructed the scene.

Just before 7:45pm Friday night Fairfield Police were called to an armed robbery at Sahara Tanning located at 173 Post Road. A white male, about 6 feet tall, blond hair displayed a silver handgun. The description of the suspect at the armed robbery at Adams Bakery is the same including the gray four door Nissan getaway car. The employee locked herself in a room so she could not help in knowing the direction of travel he fled. Fairfield Police immediately notified Bridgeport Police of the robbery.

It is undetermined how much he got away with. Many of our followers on Facebook pointed out it couldn’t have been much since many tanners pay a month in advance and usually pay by credit card.

      (Westport, Connecticut) Friday evening at approximately 5:43 P.M. the Westport Police, EMS and Fire Department responded to a report that an operator driving a scooter had collided with a motor vehicle in the area of Post Road East at Imperial Avenue. Arriving emergency units located the victim lying in the street and began medical treatment.  The victim was transported to Norwalk Hospital by Westport EMS.

A preliminary investigation into the crash found that the scooter operator was driving eastbound on Post Road East. The scooter operator allegedly failed to obey the red traffic control signal and collided with a 2007 Volvo turning left from a westbound direction of travel on Post Road East and was turning left onto Imperial Avenue.  The operator of the Volvo was not injured in the accident and was present at the scene.  The scooter operator has sustained serious physical injuries; the extent is still being determined.

The accident remains under investigation by the Westport Police Department Accident Investigation Unit and Patrol Division.

WILTON — A 22-year-old Wilton man who told police he was hearing voices, was arraigned in Norwalk Friday morning for the alleged murder of his 73-year-old father.

Aaron Ramsey of 125 Signal Hill Road allegedly punched, kicked and stabbed his father, Edward Ramsey Thursday afternoon before running through the woods to escape from aliens, he told police.    Read full report and listen to the tape……..