BRIDGEPORT POLICE ARREST MAN INVOLVED IN HIT-AND-RUN

On March 19, 2025, at approximately 9:42 a.m., the Bridgeport Emergency Operations Center received multiple calls reporting a pedestrian had been struck at the intersection of Fairfield Avenue and Ellsworth Street. American Medical Response, Bridgeport Fire Engine 7, and Bridgeport Police Officers were dispatched to the location. Officers were advised that the responsible SUV had fled the scene. Upon arrival, Bridgeport Police Officers observed a female pedestrian lying face down in the eastbound lane at the intersection of Fairfield Avenue and Ellsworth Street. American Medical Response and Bridgeport Fire Engine 7 personnel arrived and rendered aid. The female was subsequently transported by American Medical Response to St. Vincent’s Hospital, where she was listed in critical condition. The pedestrian was identified…

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BPD AND FBI TASK FORCES SEIZE LARGE QUANTITY OF DRUGS

Bridgeport Police Task force Officers, in conjunction with Federal Bureau of Investigation Safe Streets Tasks Force Officers, seized a large quantity of illegal narcotics from an East Side stash house on Wednesday night. In a stash house on Ohio Avenue in Bridgeport, officers and detectives found 1,555.82 grams of fentanyl pills, 209.19 grams of cocaine, 2.4 grams of heroin, and 1,704.08 grams of marijuana. They also found a press used for compressing powdered narcotics into kilograms, as well as other narcotics packaging equipment and materials in that house. Officers and detectives also executed a search warrant at the Morales Market at Kossuth Street and Jane Street in Bridgeport on Wednesday night, as well at two locations in Shelton. No evidence…

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3 Suffer Graze Wounds In Bridgeport Shootings

At approximately 12:15 a.m., Bridgeport police responded to Stone Ridge Road for a ShotSpotter activation. Upon arrival, one victim was located with a non-life-threatening graze wound. At approximately 12:27 a.m., a second victim was located with a non-life-threatening graze wound. A third victim was located at approximately 2:42 a.m. on Trumbull Avenue, also with a non-life-threatening graze wound. No arrests have been made, and the department is investigating further.

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DEATH OF WOMAN FOUND IN BURNED OUT CAR DEEMED SUICIDE

The State Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has ruled the death of a woman found in a burned car in Bridgeport on Thursday a suicide. The manner of death was thermal injuries. The findings were determined after an autopsy was performed at in OCME in Farmington on Friday. The Medical Examiner also determined through dental records that the deceased person was a 59-year-old mother who resided at the address the vehicle was registered to in Trumbull. The Bridgeport Police Department is withholding the woman's name to protect privacy of her family. Bridgeport detectives conducted an extensive investigation on Thursday after the body was found in the car shortly before 11:00 a.m. at the entrance to Elton Rodgers Woodland Park…

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Paulie’s Push

We caught up with Paulie’s Push in Southport, where retired United Airlines flight attendant Paul “Paulie” Veneto was pushing an airline beverage cart through town as part of his annual tribute honoring the flight crews, passengers, heroes and victims of September 11.

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