Month: August 2015

Video-#Bridgeport Police Need Help IDing Carjacker

#Bridgeport, Conn. (August 28, 2015 Press Release) –The Bridgeport Police Department announced that it is seeking public assistance in identifying a carjacking suspect.   On August 21, 2015 at around 3:00 p.m. a man flagged down a Bridgeport police officer and explained that he was the victim of a carjacking at gunpoint.  The victim stated that he was out of his wife’s vehicle at Wood Ave. and Olive St. when a car pulled around his car and parked up ahead. The suspect, a man the victim knows as “Boobie,” jumped out of that car and asked about money that the victim may owe him.  The victim told the suspect that he did not owe him any money.  The victim stated that…

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Fairfield News: Hazardous Waste Collection Tomorrow

First Selectman Mike Tetreau announced today that the Town of Fairfield is holding its annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on Saturday August 29, 2015 at Veterans Park on Reef Road from 9 am to 2 pm. Please visit the Town’s Hazardous Waste Collection web page, http://www.fairfieldct.org/hazwaste, for a list of acceptable (and unacceptable) materials. Since May 1990, the towns and cities which are members of HazWaste Central have disposed of and recycled more than 1,000,000 gallons of hazardous waste. On Saturday August 29, 2015, the Town of Fairfield will need volunteers from 8:30 am to 11:30 am and from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Volunteers will not be handling any hazardous waste. If anyone would like to volunteer, please…

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Stratford News: Weapons Arrest

On 08-21-2015 Justin McCabe age 31 of Stratford was arrested at his home by patrol officers for several charges after responding to a report of shots fired. McCabe who lives at 135 Lincoln Street was reportedly intoxicated when he fired several rounds into the ground in the back yard of his residence. McCabe initially lied to officers as to his involvement but investigation and statements by witnesses helped prove otherwise. McCabe was taken into custody after a brief struggle. A total of three handguns were seized as evidence. McCabe was charged with: Unlawful Discharge Of A Firearm, Possession Of A Loaded Firearm While Intoxicated, Interfering With An Officer, Breach Of Peace 2nd and Reckless Endangerment. McCabe was held on a $75,000 dollar bond and is scheduled to appear in…

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