Child left in car
5:23pm--#Norwalk CT-- Firefighters on the way to Marshall's on Connecticut Avenue to unlock a vehicle with a child left inside. No word on the child's age.
Jobs Program For Developmentally Disabled
State Rep. Tony Hwang – ranking leader of the Government Administration & Elections (GA&E) Committee support proposed Senate Bill 761 recently during the GA&E public hearing. SB 761 is an act that calls for making the Janitorial Work Pilot Program, for persons with a disability or a disadvantage, permanent. http://1.usa.gov/ZJuHJg Rep. Tony Hwang, a passionate advocate of developmentally disabled non-profit entities in our community and added, “The Kennedy Center serves as an amazing advocate for people in our community and this bill will help their clients greatly,” said Rep. Hwang. “Their collaborative effort helps so many realize their dreams of working and earning a wage, especially when that dream seemed so far away. I thank the Center for the amazing…
Potatoes leads to rhubarb between brothers
(Bridgeport, CT – April 1, 2013) -- Two brothers were released without bond after a disagreement over potatoes led to a confrontation after they did not see eye to eye Officers Carlos Pabon and Pasquale Speranza were sent to a Brewster Street address Sunday afternoon on a report of two brothers fighting. William Downey, 53, of Stratford, stated he was in the kitchen making potatoes when his brother, John Downey, 57, stated he was making too many potatoes and punched him. John Downey, of Milford, admitted to throwing a punch at his brother and also stated that William Downey had pulled out a cooking pot and tried hitting him with it. William Downey acknowledged that he in fact wielded a…
Terrific Crash In Black Rock
1:41pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police are investigating whether a medical condition may have caused a crash that sent at least three to the hospital. Many witnesses have told me that the burgundy car was traveling at a high rate of speed before crashing into the white SUV at the intersection of Courland and Midland Avenues. The SUV was in the intersection when the accident occurred. Skid marks in the road confirm this and you can see the skid mark where the back tire was snapped back. The elderly male driver of the burgundy car was transported in traumatic arrest to St. Vincent's Hospital. Two children and a mother were transported to Bridgeport Hospital with nonlife threatening injuries.
Live wire down
12:31pm--#Norwalk CT--Report of a live wire down in front of Swanky Franks on Connecticut Ave. This probably will cause traffic delays. 12:37pm--UPDATE--Turns out to be a cable line, but still causing delays.
Fall from a roof
11:56pm---#Fairfield CT--Fire responders on their way to Catamount Road for a person who fell off a two story roof. 12:28pm--UPDATE--Recall sounded, patient one firefighter on board the ambulance.
Westport Burgular Caputred
(Westport, CT) On March 31, 2013, at approximately 6:20pm, the Westport Police responded to an alarm activation at Athletic Shoe Factory, 1560 Post Road East. Responding officers noticed a window propped open located in the rear of the building. Officers also observed merchandise from the store stacked on the ground outside the store. The building was searched and found empty. A search of the area turned up more merchandise, a sweatshirt and a duffel bag located behind the ASF Outdoors store. Officers set up a perimeter in the area and the Westport K9 unit responded. K9 Officer James Loomer and Police Service Dog Koda tracked from the rear window of Athletic Shoe Factory, behind the neighboring stores and out to…
Ben and Jerry along with State Rep Hwang oppose GMOs
Rep. Tony Hwang & Jerry Greenfield, the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, joined together to support CT House Bill 6519 legislation at CT General Assembly’s Public Health Committee hearing. HB 6519 would require the labeling of genetically engineered foods (GMO) in our food supply. http://1.usa.gov/Y76Dkv Rep. Tony Hwang submitted testimony in the public hearing and emphasized that, “We have a fundamental right to know what is in our food so we can make informed choices about what we feed our families. Consumers may or may not wish to purchase foods that they know to be genetically modified, but they need the information made available to them to make those informed choices. This bill would require that labels provide…