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Month: December 2011

Happenings NOW 12-12 to 12-13 2011

Dec 12, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] 3:02pm--#Fairfeidl--MISSING CHILD--A mom was walking with her child when the child took off on her near Country Road and High Street. Police are looking for a white male, 7 years of age, wearing dark green winter coat, black with a green strip on it. 1:51am--#West Haven--Armed robbery at Great Way Deli - Saw Mill Road foot chase nabs suspect in custody at 55 Ridge Court West. Police locks down area looking for the weapon. 1:36am--#Fairfield--Samp Mortor resident hear either a person or mountain lion walk through their yard. Requesting police check the property. 10:28pm--#cttraffic--Stamford i-95 between exit 7 and exit 6. Tractor trailer rolled over onto a car, shows it appears to be southbound. 2:12pm--#Bridgeport--Woman goes…

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Bridgeport Tree Lighitng Extended Video

Dec 12, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

Thursday night Bridgeport celebrated the holidays with a tree lighting and visit from Santa. Over ten thousand lights were lit and hundreds showed up to enjoy the music celebrating Christmas, Chanukah a and Kwanza along with Mike Bellamy and Tony Reno from WICC who were guests of honor.  There was just so much fun to cover in one video it had to be made into two videos!  As promised here is the extended video:

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Stratford man killed in crash

Dec 12, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[caption id="attachment_5396" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="I-91 was closed due to the accident"][/caption] In a story we reported on live to warn drivers that I-91 was closed due to an accident, the Connecticut Post reveals this was a local man who died in the crash. Austin Gomes, 29, was driving southbound on Interstate 91, north of exit 6, in the left center lane of four lanes when he lost control, police said.   Read full story....  

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How Fairfield PD Nabbed 3 In Car Break-Ins

Dec 11, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

Police received a report of three black males exiting a four door grey sedan trying to enter vehicles parked on Second Street.  The witness stated that the males were going car to car in a rapid pace pulling on the handles to see if they were locked. Officers located the suspect vehicle traveling on Villa Avenue near Brooklawn Ave. and initiated a motor vehicle stop.  They smelled a strong odor of suspected marijuana and conducted a search of the vehicle.  Located were phone chargers and cords, flashlights, screwdrivers and a scale. Charges for the three were: Jonathan DaSilva (DOB 9/15/92) of 400 Atlantic Street, Bridgeport, was charged with Burglary in the 3rd Degree 2 counts (53a-103), Conspiracy to Commit Burglary…

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Troop G State Troopers Helping Toys For Tots

Dec 10, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[caption id="attachment_5382" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="At the Milford Toys R Us"][/caption] Connecticut State Police Officers were at the Toys R Us and Walmart in Milford today collecting toys for the Toys For Tots Program, they will be there until 4pm. They will also have a cruiser at Troop G Headquarters at 149 Prospect Street, Bridgeport all next week for drop off. The Toys are requested to be unwrapped so they know who the toy would be appropriate for....its also one less thing for you to do! The primary goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver, through a new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to less fortunate youngsters that will assist them in becoming responsible, productive, patriotic citizens. [caption…

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Bridgeport Celebrates The Holidays

Dec 9, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

Thursday night Bridgeport celebrated the holidays with a tree lighting and visit from Santa.   Over ten thousand lights were lit and hundreds showed up to enjoy the music celebrating Christmas, Chanukah a and Kwanza along with Mike Bellamy and Tony Reno from WICC who were guests of honor.  The official Bridgeport website announced a "Holiday Tree Lighting" which is why I chided the mayor in my on camera interview.  There was so much fun a four minute video does not do it justice; I will posted a more extended video over the weekend with much more singing and celebrating!

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1 Dead 1 Critical in Westport Shooting

Dec 9, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

Shortly after 10pm Thursday night shots rang out at YZ Manufacturing.com at 431 Post Road East.  This is the same plaza as Gold's Delicatessen and Coehn's Optical in the Compo Shopping Center.  It is uncertain if the shooting was a robbery gone wrong but the two victims were from YZ Manufacturing which is a  manufacturer of jewelry and also diamond cutters.  One person was confirmed dead at Norwalk Hospital and the other is in critical condition.  It is unknown how many shooters there were.  The Westport Major Crime Squad and State Police Crime Squad are now on the scene investigating.

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Virginia Tech shootings: Two killed, suspect at large

Dec 8, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

A suspect remained at large Thursday afternoon on the campus of Virginia Tech after a police officer and at least one other person were shot dead, the university said. During a traffic stop on campus, the suspect shot and killed a Virginia Tech police officer and then fled on foot through a nearby parking lot.A second person was later found dead in that parking lot, the university said. The university said the status of the shooter was unknown and the school remained on lockdown. Read full story....

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Home Invasion Follow Up With The Chief

Dec 8, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[caption id="attachment_5363" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Official update from the chief"][/caption]I followed up with Chief of Police Gary MacNamara to get the official word on what took place at the home invasion at 1039 Reef Road last night. The chief says the assailants tied and beat one resident after robbing the home of various items. He confirmed that there was a previous robbery at that same home a couple of weeks ago but it went unreported to the police department. The assailants are still at large and the chief is warning residents of the neighborhood to lock doors and to report anything suspicious to the police department immediately.

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