Motor Vehicle Stop Leads to Gun Arrest

#Bridgeport, CT – Oct. 25, 2013 – A motor vehicle stop led to the seizure of a handgun and five arrests. Officer John Topolski pulled over a vehicle on Crescent Avenue Wednesday and, as he approached the vehicle, he observed the occupants moving furtively inside the vehicle and several were making phone calls. During the course of the motor vehicle stop, he noticed that the occupants of the car appeared nervous and the driver stated he had a learner’s permit but no license. Talking to the driver, Topolski asked why he and his passengers appeared nervous and asked if there was anything inside the car that caused them to move around furtively when he approached. The driver told police they…

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Bridgeport Accident

1:56am--#Bridgeport CT--Report of a motor vehicle accident with possible entrapment and fluid leak due to accident at Nobel and Barnum Avenue.  First responders on the way.

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Food Truck Burns Down

10:30pm--#Bridgeport CT--#ctfire--Firefighters were called out to the corner of Brooks Street and Arctic Street for food truck on fire.  When firefighters arrived they reported a fully involved vehicle fire and their first concerns was the one hundred pound propane tank on the back of the truck.  Assistant Fire Chief told me the first thing they did was to get water on the propane tank to cool it off.  Their second concern was all the vehicles and building in close proximity of the truck.  Firefighters quickly got water on the truck and kept the fire from extending elsewhere.  The smoke from the fire could be seen from I-95 as far back as the Arena at Harbor Yard. There were no injuries.…

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Firetruck hit by car

9:11pm--#Bridgeport CT--A firetruck was hit by a car in the 400 block of Bishop Avenue.

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