Month: November 2013

Man Assaults Mechanic

#Bridgeport, CT – Nov. 12, 2013 – A 32-year-old man faces charges after he punched his mother’s auto mechanic in the face over his prices. The incident happened Monday afternoon at a business in the 1500 block of Stratford Avenue. Officer Ilidio Pereira responded to the location and spoke to the victim. The victim stated that the suspect, Deron Brooks, of Bridgeport, began yelling at him about the pricing of the labor for work on his mother’s car. He also began screaming about work that was done on his own car. The victim stated he tried to defuse the situation by walking away but added that Brooks followed him and punched him in the face before fleeing. Brooks’ mother, who…

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BRM Donation Event

BRM Donation Event *         Starts today Nov 7th and runs through Thurs Nov 14th *         Drop off will be at both of our office locations; 1318 Kossuth Street, Bridgeport  and 20 Garland Drive, Stamford during our normal Mon-Fri office hours of 8-5 PM *         Anyone can donate new or gently worn coats; and/or non-perishable food items *         With every donation of coat(s) and/or 5 or more non-perishable food items they can enter to win a brand new Sony 50" HD Flat Screen TV (donated by Joe) *         The Raffle drawing will be on Monday Nov 25 to kick starts Thanksgiving…

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I need a time out!

Rough start to the week.  My son Alex will be taking over the reporting for the next couple of days.  I own a couple of other sites that I will shift my attention to during this time.  Alex is still learning so be gentle on  him with the comments and his reporting.  He's all I can afford! Today started with me being accused of sensationalizing the news because I titled a post manhunt, even though police were looking for two males with K-9.  Then because I described them as being African Americans I was accused of being politically correct.  A month earlier I was called racist because I described a suspect as dark skinned because it was uncertain if the…

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