Bridgeport News: Body Found on Fairfield Avenue
1:14am--#Bridgeport CT--A body has been found half in the road on Fairfield Avenue near Norman Street by a passerby who will standby until first responders arrive.
Bridgeport News: Shots Fired
12:41am--#Bridgeport CT--Police are investigating shots fired at Summerfield and Grant Street. There is also a car accident at that intersection. Reports say the suspect fired at the car accident and fled into back yards. There is a heavy police presence in the area. No report of anyone being hit. 1:05am--UPDATE: A gunshot victim has just shown up at Bridgeport Hospital.
Bridgeport News: Smoking Electrical Outlet
10:09pm--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters on scene at 110 Wilson Street for a smoking outlet. No word on what it was smoking but my guess would be one of those e-cigarettes.......
Bridgeport News: Armed Robbery
9:02pm--#Bridgeport CT--A person was robbed at gunpoint by three youths on Fairfield Avenue near Bassick High School. A gun was displayed and the victim was pistol whipped. The three fled behind, police located them and the fled. Police caught one and have him in custody.
Bridgeport News: Police Investigation (Part 2?)
#Bridgeport CT--Police were back on Noble Avenue for an investigation which MAY be connect with the investigation last night. Last night police major crime squad was on scene at 1803 Noble Avenue for an investigation of a missing person from September 2013. Tonight the major crime squad was at a rooming house at 941 Noble Avenue (near Putnam Street). Tenants at the rooming house told me that the warrant was issued to a person who moved out a year ago and the apartment/room was vacant.
Bridgeport News: Chapin Bangs Employee Got Banged
8:00pm--#Bridgeport CT--A worker on the loading dock at Chapin Bangs at 165 River Street was injured when steel being moved fell on him. He was not trapped and was transported to St. Vincent's Hospital. The extent of his injuries are not known at this time.
Rep. Lavielle Opposes Midterm Budget Based on Flawed Assumptions, Supports Alternative
HARTFORD—State Representative Gail Lavielle (R-143) opposed an approximately $19 billion midterm budget agreement between Governor Dannel P. Malloy and majority Democratic lawmakers in Saturday’s House session, citing its unsubstantiated revenue estimates and misleading accounting practices. The House voted on the budget adjustments bill on Saturday, May 3 shortly before 10 p.m., and it passed without a single Republican vote. The General Assembly, which sets a biennial budget in odd-numbered years, must pass a revised midterm budget in even-numbered years, taking into account both changes in revenue assumptions and revisions in spending requirements and policies. Last week, consensus revenue projections established by the administration’s Office of Policy and Management (OPM) and the legislature’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis (OFA) showed…
Fairfield News: Pushy Woman
7:55pm--#Fairfield CT--Police on the way to 103 Reef Road for a "pushy" woman who forced her way into the home claiming to be a Census Worker. There is one problem, the next census isnt' until 2020.
Rollover Accident Route 8 southbound With Ejection
7:47pm--#cttraffic--#Shelton CT--Route 8 south near exit 12 a rollover accident with a person being ejected from the car. Initial reports say the person is seriously injured.
Westport News: Tree Falls On Child
7:28pm--#Westport CT---Police on scene EMS on the way to 33 Redcoat Road for a tree that has fallen on a child. We have no further details other than the child is regaining consciousness.