Horses in the road…..in Bridgeport!
5:55pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police are receiving calls of horses in the road at Dewey and Mountain Grove Street area....File # 234--you can't make this stuff up!
Pedestrian hit in Norwalk
5:40pm--#Norwalk CT--A pedestrian has been outside the Walmart on Connecticut Avenue. First responders on the way.
Car wash robbed at gunpoint
#Bridgeport CT--The Park City Hand Car Wash at 1267 Fairfield Avenue was robbed at gunpoint this morning. Police are investigating.
Teen Arrested For Facebook Robbery
#Bridgeport, CT – Jan. 7, 2014-– A 17-year-old city teen faces charges that he robbed a 17-year-old West Hartford youth who answered a Facebook ad for sneakers. Detectives Martin Heanue and Jorge Cintron responded to a report of a street robbery with a handgun on Hollister Avenue Sunday. There, they met with Officer John Forestier, a school resource officer, and the victims, the teen and his father. The teen stated that he had arranged to buy a pair of Air Jordan sneakers on a Facebook page called “Connecticut Sneaker Exchange.” The alleged seller used a profile name and the two corresponded to negotiate a selling price. The Bridgeport Police Department is not releasing the profile name because it would identify…
Fire in Norwalk now out.
3:27pm-#Norwalk CT-- Report of a structure fire at 75 Ceder Street. There was a heater tank on fire, it was blasted with a fire extinguisher, and it is now out.
Governor Reactivates the State’s Severe Cold Weather Protocol
#HARTFORD, CT– With bitter cold temperatures expected again over the next few days, Governor Dannel P. Malloy has reactivated the state’s Severe Cold Weather Protocol, directing the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS), the Department of Social Services (DSS), the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), and the Department of Housing (DOH) to coordinate with 2-1-1 and Connecticut’s network of shelters to ensure that the state’s most vulnerable people are protected from the severe cold weather. “We continue to take the necessary steps to make sure that we can take care of those in need of shelter, especially our state’s most vulnerable populations,” said Governor Malloy. “I urge anyone in need of shelter to call 2-1-1…
Street robbery in Bridgeport
11:33am--#Bridgeport CT-- A street robbery just occurred at 100 Cleveland Avenue. The suspect pulled out a gun on the victim before fleeing.
Bridgeport Fire
2:40am--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters on the scene at the condos at 80 Yale Street for a small fire in a garage. Yale is off State near Norman Street.
Smoke in the attic
10:11pm--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters on scene at 224 Park Street investigating a smoke condition in the attic.
Pedestrian hit
9:32pm--#Bridgeport CT--Report of a pedestrian being hit by a car at Fairfield Avenue and Ellsworth Street. First responders on the way.