Bridgeport Police Department

Bridgeport Police Investigate Scooter Crash at North Avenue and Thompson Street

On May 26, 2026, at approximately 4:19 pm, the Bridgeport Emergency Operations Center received several calls for a collision involving a motor vehicle and a motorized scooter. The collision occurred at the intersection of North Avenue and Thompson Street. Bridgeport Police, Bridgeport Firefighters, and American Medical Response were dispatched to the location. Officers arrived on scene and observed Bridgeport Firefighters rendering medical aid to the operator of the motorized scooter. The motorized scooter operator was identified as an 18-year-old male of Bridgeport and transported to St. Vincent’s Hospital. The operator of the gray Honda CRV stayed on scene. The female operator was identified as a 33-year-old Stratford resident. The scene was secured and the Bridgeport Police Accident Reconstruction Team was…

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Bridgeport Domestic Assault Suspect Captured by U.S. Marshals in Bronx

SUSPECT IN SERIOUS DOMESTIC ASSAULT ON BOND STREET TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY U.S. MARSHALS A felon wanted by the Bridgeport Police for seriously assaulting a woman on the East Side last week was captured in the Bronx, New York on Friday morning by United States Marshals. Frank Moreno, 45, had an active Bridgeport warrant for Assault in the Second Degree, Interfering with an Emergency Call and Larceny in the Sixth Degree. On the night of May 6th, Bridgeport officers were called to Bond Street on a report of a female outside covered in blood and pleading with citizens to call the police. An investigation by the Detective Bureau determined Moreno assaulted the victim with his hands and a beer bottle…

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Bridgeport Police Warn Residents About Jury Duty Phone Scam

Bridgeport Police Warn Residents About Phone Scam The Bridgeport Police Department is warning residents about a phone scam in which the caller asks for money and identifies himself using the names of actual Bridgeport police officers. Potential victims are told they missed jury duty and are required to pay a $7,000 fine. They are given instructions on where to go to send the money. The calls are from fake numbers. The department received multiple complaints in the last week regarding the scam. The suspect has used the name of different officers. There were no cases reported in which anyone sent the money. The Bridgeport Police Department is advising residents it does not solicit money over the phone for any type…

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Bridgeport Compliance Checks Lead to Shutdown, Gambling Citation, and Code Violations

The Bridgeport Police Department’s Narcotics and Vice Division, in collaboration with the State Liquor Control Division, Bridgeport Fire Marshals Office, Bridgeport Health Department, and the Bridgeport Building Department, successfully conducted a joint compliance check detail across the city, inspecting a total of six locations. The following locations were inspected during the compliance detail: Berto’s Sports Bar & Grill – 709 Beechwood Ave Mendez Wines and Liquor – 490 East Main St Infinity Restaurant and Sports Bar – 845 East Main St Deli Y Mas Chanell – 1193 East Main St Juncos and Sons – 616 William St Rey Azteca Lounge – 2288 Fairfield Ave The following were cited by the joint operation: Mendez Wines and LiquorLocated at 490 East Main…

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Bridgeport Police Arrest Man in 2025 Greene Homes Homicide

Bridgeport Police arrested a city man on Monday for a 2025 homicide in the Greene Homes. William Davis, 49, was charged with Manslaughter in the Second Degree and Assault of an Elderly Person in the Second Degree in the death of Kevin McKinnon, 61, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, on September 10, 2025. Mr. McKinnon was found dead inside an apartment he had been staying at in Building #2 in the Greene Homes on Friday night of September 12, 2025. Family and friends of Mr. McKinnon went to the apartment after they had not seen or heard from him in more than two days. Detectives subsequently found Davis and another male assaulted Kevin McKinnon in the courtyard outside of Building #2…

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Fairfield Police File Additional Charges in News Express Armed Robbery Case

Fairfield Police have filed additional charges against Wesner Thelamour, age 40, of Bridgeport, in connection with the armed robbery of News Express located at 200 Tunxis Hill Road in Fairfield. On 3/25/2026, Thelamour was arrested on a warrant and charged with Robbery in the First Degree with a Firearm and Larceny in the Second Degree. He was held on a bond of $175,000 and is scheduled to appear in court on 3/26/2026. These charges represent an update to a previously reported investigation stemming from an armed robbery earlier this month. The investigation began on March 2, 2026, at approximately 9:00 PM, when Fairfield Police responded to News Express for a report of an armed robbery in progress. During the incident,…

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Knife-Point Robbery Sparks Pursuit

The Bridgeport Police arrested two men from the New Haven area on Thursday after they robbed the Gala Foods Supermarket at 1457 Fairfield Avenue at knifepoint and then engaged officers in a motor vehicle pursuit.  Osvaldo Beard-Beltran 30, of North Haven, was charged with Robbery in the Second Degree, Carrying a Dangerous Weapon, Assault in the Third Degree, Threatening in the Second Degree, Breach of Peace in the Second Degree, Larceny in the Sixth Degree, Illegal Possession of a Weapon in a Motor Vehicle and Engaging Police in a Pursuit. He was given a bond of $100,000. Giovanni Rivera, 35, of New Haven, was charged with Conspiracy to Commit Robbery in the Second Degree, Illegal Possession of a Weapon in a Motor…

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Bridgeport News: Arrest Made In August Homicide

#Bridgeport – The Bridgeport Police Department today announced an arrest was made in the August 27, 2016 murder of Shane Slinsky.  An arrest warrant was served on Jeremy Middleton (DOB: 4/17/98 of Stamford, CT), charging him with his role in the August 27, 2016 murder of Shane Slinsky.  The evidence revealed that the victim, Shane Slinsky was brought to Bridgeport from Stamford by three men that he believed were his friends.  Their true intention was to rob him.  When they stopped in front of 21 Wood Terrace, Slinsky was shot and killed. Members of the Bridgeport Detective Bureau worked closely with members of the Stamford Police Department to resolve this case. Middleton is charged with Felony Murder, Conspiracy to Commit…

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