Local News in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Stratford, Norwalk, and Beyond!
8:50pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A 5' 6" white male wearing all black and mask entered the Madison Keg & Spirits at 917 Madison Avenue with a gun and was scared off by the owner who had his own gun. This report is made possible by:
7:12pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police dispatched to Central High School where a student walking home was beat up and robbed of his iPad. This report is made possible by:
You are doing something right to maintain a business for four generations, and that something right is customer service- something that is hard to find in the big box stores. Many of you will remember the Collins family from pharmacies they owned in Black Rock. They now run Collins Medical Equipment at 500 Kings Highway East in Fairfield (same plaza as Town Fair Tires) since 2005. Whether you need pain management products, a lift chair, or home accessibility items like a grab bar or a handicap accessible ramps you will always see a Collins atCollins Medical Equipment to personally help you. Like their company philosophy says "Caring for people like family"! Call them at 203-576-8642 or visit them online at http://www.collinsmedical.net/index.htm
#Westport CT--12/1---The Westport Fire Department responded to a single car motor vehicle accident on I-95 North Exit 18 to 19. The vehicle was off the roadway into the woods. The three occupants were apparently uninjured in the accident and refused medical transport to the hospital. The Westport Fire Department responded with one Chief officer’s car, one Rescue and one Engine.
2:50pm--#cttraffic--#Bridgeport CT--A one car crash into the Jersey barrier southbound I-95 southbound at exit 27A. One adult with head injury and a child reportedly injured according to radio reports.
#Bridgeport CT--According to a Connecticut State Police arrest warrant application dated November 24, 2015 charged Clive Higgins who resigned from the Bridgeport Police Department on July 6, 2015 with allegedly falsely reporting and incident in the second degree after stating he found a racially charged "hate letter" in his personal mailbox at the the Bridgeport Police Department on February 9, 2015. Higgins surrendered himself at Troop I in Bethany after learning of the outstanding warrant for his arrest. He was processed and released on a written promise to appear at GA2 in Bridgeport on December 12, 2015. The letter was written on Bridgeport Police letterhead. The letter was sent to the forensic crime lab and video footage from the Bridgeport…
11:34am--#Stratford CT-- Police on the way to the Housatonic Teachers Federal Credit at 2900 Main Street for an attempted robbery. Police are looking for a black male six foot tall in a black hoodie who fled in a black sedan. First Niagara Bank at 225 Hawley Lane reported to police a suspicious black Mercedes about 15 minutes earlier. This report is made possible by:
11:00am--#Bridgeport CT-- Police on the way to Fairchild Wheeler High School for a student caught with drugs in his possession according to radio reports. This report is made possible by:
#Bridgeport CT--Mayor Joe Ganim was sworn in at 7:42 pm at the Klein Auditorium in front of about 1,000 well wishers. Ganim said "I have learned that in America—and particularly in this great city–if you are true to a cause, work hard, and are not afraid to ask for a second chance, you can find and experience that moment of redemption." He also said T.S. Eliot wrote–”… last year’s words belong to last year’s language–and next year’s words await another voice.” WE ARE THAT VOICE. "This new administration-–YOUR ADMINISTRATION–will work hard to always treat people with RESPECT while showing HUMILITY as we work to improve the quality of life for all of our residents...... "One of the most important first…
11:15pm--#Bridgeport CT--Reports of shots fired at Helen and Arctic Street with two males seen running. So far no word of anyone or anything hit. This report is made possible by: