Month: September 2013

Woman charged with evading responsibility

(Bridgeport, CT – Sept. 11, 2013) – A city woman was charged with evading responsibility after a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian. Officer Stacey Lyons responded to the intersection of Hawthorne Street and Glenwood Avenue on a report of a pedestrian struck Tuesday evening. Lyons spoke to an independent witness and received a possible license plate number of the vehicle. The officer also reviewed security footage from a nearby condominium complex that showed the pedestrian being struck. Lyons went the house where the car was registered and spoke to the owner. Pauline Daniel, 60, stated that she had been driving on Hawthorn and Glenwood earlier but stated she didn’t strike a pedestrian. Lyons observed two hand imprints on the hood of the…

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Electrical Fire at Nursing Home

11:01pm--#Fairfield CT--Firefighters are on scene at the Jewish Home for the Elderly at 175 Jefferson Street it was first reported to be an electrical fire in the Tandom (spelling?) Wing. Supervisor calls firefighters back it was an electrical fire. Firefighters arrive to find smoke but no fire now. They are accessing the roof to further investigate. UPDATE--Two ladder trucks were sent to the roof and remained there after recall of fire. All firefighters left the nursing home around 11:30pm.

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Gunshot victim at St. V’s

1:55pm--#Bridgeport CT--A person with a gunshot wound to the chest just arrived at St. Vincent's Hospital. There was a drive-by shooting that took place at 129 Wood Avenue.  The victim road up on his bicycle from Wood Avenue to St. Vincent's Hospital.  Witnesses tell me that the man in red appeared to be the intended victim with five shots being fired but not hitting him.  Apparently the bullet did hit a victim.  Police are investigating. [caption id="attachment_17700" align="alignleft" width="300"] Gunshots rang out on Wood Avenue this afternoon.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_17702" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Police check to make sure intended victim was not hit by gunfire.[/caption]

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2nd Shooting in Bridgeport

Police investigating another overnight shooting in the same area as yesterday's shooting. At about 3:30 a.m. police received a report of gunfire on Reservoir Avenue near Cityview Avenue and a vehicle fleeing the area At about 4 a.m., Trumbull police encountered a gunshot victim in their town. The victim was shot in the leg and was being treated at Saint Vincent's Medical Center

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