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Around 10:45pm an officer on routine patrol noticed smoke coming from a boarding house on State Street at the corner of  Norman Street.  Police went inside to alert those in the house to evacuate, one officer was overcome with smoke inhalation.   At first it was undermined how many police officers were in the building so an emergency roll call was called; All were quickly present and accounted for.    Firefighters quickly came to the scene and quickly extinguished the fire located on the first floor in the back of the building.   There were no other injuries reported, it was uncertain if the occupants would be able to return to their rooms.  At midnight police radio traffic indicated it was now a crime scene.  We will of course update you if we get more information.

After losing seven family members in horrific crash, a Bronx family is struggling to pay funeral expenses.   Estimates are expected to be  as high as $100,000 to bury all seven after this deadly crash in the Bronx on Sunday.  This video report from Associated Press has the full story.

At around 5:20pm Monday Bridgeport Police received a call of shots fired at Poplar Street and Beechwood Avenue.  Reports say two were shot including a 3 year old girl who was crossing the street with her mother.  It is reported that she was shot in the buttocks and has non-life threatening injuries.   Witnesses told us that a gray four door sedan pulled up and opened fire and they said it was 9mm semi automatic fire from one shooter.  We are told as many as 25 shots were fired.  The shooting happened righ near  Bryant School and you can see school children looking on in the video.  Please keep in mind this is breaking news and the information will more than likely change as police continue their investigation.

From the Secret Service to the Kardashians, everything was fair game at the annual White House Correspondents’ dinner. But the featured item on the menu was dog … jokes — which figured, since Barack Obama’s old admission to eating dog as a child was just recently revived as a campaign sideshow.    Read full story…..

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3:40am–#Bridgeport–Home invasion at 68 Highland Avenue Building 3 on the 7th floor (Greene Homes). 2 black males forced their way into the apartment wearing all black and ski masks.  A gun was displayed and they took a TV and laptop after stabbing the victim in the leg. Police are on scene EMTs on the way. UPDATE– This occurred around 3:15am and a 32″ TV was taken as well as a laptop.

12:45am–#Fairfield #Westport–We have a report of a pursuit on I-95 southbound from Westport exit 18. A white van was wanted for interupted burglary in Fairfield. Stop sticks were deployed but vehicle kept going. The vehicle was lost on kings st towards the parkway in Port Chester NY. UPDATE–Vehicle from pursuit found on Parkway Drive in Portchester with multiple flats. NY reg ERE 6468. Search underway. From Rob Casasanta.

12:27am–#Bridgeport–Report of a man being assaulted by a bat (baseball) on East Main near York Street. EMTs on the way.

5:55pm–#Fairfield–Police on scene after breaking up a fight between kids at Jennings Beach Skate Park. EMTs on the way to evaluate one of the yoots.

Just before 6pm Sunday evening police received a call from Adams Bakery at 1525 Black Rock Turnpike of an armed robbery.  A gun was displayed.  The gunman was a white male, about 6 feet tall, thin build, blond, in his mid twenties and he wearing a black jacket.  He took an undermentioned amount of cash and fled west on Judd Street in a gray 4 door Infinity.  The gunman is still at large.

NEW YORK (AP) — An out-of-control SUV barreled across several lanes of traffic on a highway overpass Sunday, then plunged more than 50 feet off the side of the road and landed in a ravine on the grounds of the Bronx Zoo, killing all seven people aboard, including three children, authorities said.    The SUV was headed south on the Bronx River Parkway that cuts through a working-class neighborhood when it bounced off the median, crossed three southbound lanes and hit the curb, causing the vehicle to become airborne, continue over the guardrail and plunge 59 feet, police said.  Read Full Story…….

WILTON — Two firefighters were injured Sunday afternoon while battling a massive fire that tore through the Wilton Crest condominium complex off Wolfpit Road.    Upwards of 60 firefighters from Wilton and neighboring towns were called to the scene at about 11:43 a.m. when the dispatch center received multiple 911 calls reporting a large fire at Wilton Crest condos.  Read Full Story….

BRIDGEPORT — An unidentified man was seriously injured Friday morning after being shot while walking into a Reservoir Avenue Citgo station, police said.

Police said the victim was hospitalized with potentially life-threatening injuries after being shot just after 11 a.m.
Read full story: http://www.ctpost.com/policereports/article/Man-shot-at-Bridgeport-Citgo-station-3515568.php#ixzz1tGEZJlTy

Food Network’s Chef Robert Irvine and crew arrived at Stella’s Restaurant Wednesday to make over the restaurant and menu in two days time. That proves to be quite the challenge for the crew at

Division 9 Design and Construction from Clinton New Jersey who does the work for the show. They have to wait for the designer to come up with the concept then run to Home Depot and get all the items needed for the makeover before they can even begin to work. So the crew is lucky if they get a day and half to do the actual work, usually with very little sleep. the pilot show they said they were awake for over 36 hours straight, they were up mostly because the were excited to be part of the show. Restaurant Impossible intended to use local construction crews for each show. Division 9 Design and Construction, run by Tom Bury, Angelo Russomanno and Chris Balasic worked the pilot show, Food Network used another crew for the second show. Division 9 was called back for the third and the other 40 shows. On They told me ” you know what it is like to hire a contractor for your home, can you imagine doing that show after show?” I doubt there are many crews can work under such tight time constraints.

The reveal was scheduled for 6pm. I was told they rarely make the intended time for many reasons. I showed up at 7:45pm and there were over 100 people lined in the drizzling rain waiting to get in. I’m told you had to have reservations weeks in advance to get seated. It wasn’t until 8:25 that the producers came out with owner Michael Savoie to set up the scene for Chef Irvine to come out and tell the owner that hundreds of their friends have gathered for their grand reopening. The news media that was in attendance as well as anyone gathered were told not to take any video or photos. The audience needed to be quiet from this point including the reveal to the owner inside the restaurant, the audience was very cooperative. By 9pm they started filing see the changes and to try out the new menu.

This episode is scheduled to air sometime in June. Here is an interview with Chef Irvine earlier in the day with Ali Reed from WTNH: