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2:04pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police have received multiple calls of shots fired at Berkshire/East Main/Brooks Street area, as a many as 10 shots fired but so far no one or anything reported hit. Police are on scene investigating. This report is made possible by:
Bridgeport, CT – Mayor Joe Ganim announced more appointments of individuals named to head Bridgeport city departments. Specifically, Mayor Ganim is making public the following appointments: Nestor Nkwo, longtime Bridgeport Finance and budget official, has been appointed to head the Office of Policy and Management. Nkwo has more than 27 years’ experience in the area of city finances and crafting the budget for the city of Bridgeport. In his new role, Nkwo will be responsible for crafting the city’s budget and operational management for Bridgeport. Attorney R. Christopher Meyer, former assistant Bridgeport city attorney with 26 years’ experience veteran of the Bridgeport City Attorney’s office, has been appointed to the post of Bridgeport City Attorney. Longtime Bridgeport City…
UPDATE: Fairfield Police hit him with stop sticks and he hit a barrier and a state trooper. Ambulance dispatched for the trooper. 12:22am--#cttraffic--#Stratford CT-- Stratford Police in pursuit of a car on I-95 that went southbound, got off exit 24 in Fairfield, got back on I-95 northbound now exiting exit 27 in Bridgeport now on 95 south again.
A pursuit starting on Wood Avenue snaked through to State Street to Railroad Avenue Camden Street to Railroad onto I-95 and exiting in Fairfield at Commerce Avenue now a manhunt on Camden Street in Fairfield. They are wanted on drug and weapons charges. State, Fairfield and Bridgeport Police had a very large net cast in an attempt to capture the suspect. It was all along Commerce Drive, Camden, Rutland Avenue as well as officers along North Avenue, many of the side roads on Kings Highway. K-9 and officers searched the marsh area of Ash Creek off Rutland Avenue in Fairfield. Police had officer in the Mountain Grove Cemetery which turned out positive as the suspect crossed the marsh and…
9:36pm--#Bridgeport CT-- #Fairfield CT-- A pursuit starting on Wood Avenue snaked through to State Street to Railroad Avenue Camden Street to Railroad onto I-95 and exiting in Fairfield at Commerce Avenue now a manhunt on Camden Street in Fairfield. They are wanted on drug and weapons charges. This report is made possible by:
On October 1, 2015 the Stratford Police Department was contacted regarding allegations of inappropriate conduct by an adult female and a juvenile victim. The report alleged the suspect was a teacher’s aide with the Stratford School District. This information was later confirmed. As a result of the investigation Stratford Police detectives arrested 46 year-old Kyle Damato-Kushel in connection with this investigation. Damato-Kushel turned herself into Stratford Police on December 8, 2015. Damato-Kushel was released on a $50,000 court set bond. She is scheduled to appear in Bridgeport Court on December 21, 2015. Damato-Kushel was charged with: 53a-71 Sexual Assault Second Degree 53-21 (a)(2) Illegal Sexual Contact with Minor 53a-167a Interfering With An Officer 53a-73a(a)(6) Sex Assault 4-Victim=Student 53a-151 Tampering With A Witness (Stratford Police Press Release)
1:22pm--#Fairfield CT--#Bridgeport CT-- Earlier today I reported the theft of a backpack leaf blower on Nordstrand Avenue (off Melville Avenue). I posted the report and thought nothing more of it, that is until I heard a dispatch on the Bridgeport Police radio. Chief Radzimirski was on the road and spotted a man driving a bicycle with the heavy Husqvarna backpack leaf blower and thought it was suspicious and pulled him over and detained him at East Washington Avenue and Knollton Street. Connecting the dots I called both police departments to let them know of each other's calls. Fairfield Police went to the scene with the owner of the landscaping company and sure enough it was his leaf blower. I also…
1:22pm--#Fairfield CT--A backpack leaf blower was just taken at a Nordstrand Avenue home (off Melville Avenue). Poolcie are investigating. This report is made possible by:
#FAIRFIELD, CT--(December 7, 2015 Press Release) In the early days of December a dozen Fairfield Fire Officers and Firefighters braved the frigid waters of Ash Creek and the South Benson Marina to participate in a Water Rescue Technician program developing their skills in using the department-issued wetsuits and Rapid Deployment Craft to save civilians throughout the year. Lieutenants Bill Tuttle and Phil Higgins had developed the program following extensive training in Maine, Vermont and Virginia, and the Fairfield Fire Department utilized their subject matter expertise to nearly double the number of on-duty personnel trained to the level of Water Rescue Technician. “By adding these Technicians we’ve greatly enhanced the safety of our citizens in this waterfront community,” said Tuttle;…