Month: June 2016

State Police Detectives Seize Weapons, Cash, and Narcotics

#Bridgeport, CT. (June 14, 2016): State Police Detectives from the Statewide Narcotics Task Force - Southwest office (SNTF-SW) and the Statewide Urban Violence & Cooperative Crime Control Task Force (SUVCCC) seized firearms,  narcotics and cash after serving a Search and Seizure warrant in Bridgeport. On June 13, 2016 detectives from the SNTF-SW and SUVCCC conducted surveillance on an apartment at 182 Hanover St. in Bridgeport after receiving intelligence information that the resident, William Akeem Hooks, was trafficking assault rifles and other firearms that were being obtained from southern states along the east coast. While conducting surveillance detectives witnessed Hooks conduct the sale of a firearm. The firearm, a GSG-522 .22 caliber rifle with a pistol grip and silencer, is classified as an assault rifle and was seized…

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Coast Guard Suspends Seaside Park Search For Missing Boater

The Coast Guard suspended its search Monday evening for a person in the water in the vicinity of Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Coast Guard crews searched for nearly 24 hours and covered 78 square miles, south of Bridgeport. During the search, the air temperature was 50 degrees with 25 knots of winds. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound command center received a report of a person in the water at approximately 5:15 p.m. Sunday. It was reported that at approximately 4:30 p.m., two men entered the water from their 14-foot inflatable raft. One male was able to swim to shore but lost sight of the other person in the water. The missing man was reportedly not wearing…

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FARMERS MARKET TO PREMIER THIS SUNDAY ON SHERMAN GREEN

#Fairfield, CT – A new Fairfield Farmers Market is scheduled to premier this Sunday, June 19 th , on Sherman Green in downtown Fairfield. The market will be held weekly on Sundays, from 10AM to 2PM, rain or shine, and continue throughout the summer. The market will feature the following local farm vendors and producers:  Beltane Farm, Lebanon, CT - fresh & aged goat cheese; milk & yogurt  Brewster Pastry, Brewster, NY - French bread & pastries  Creative Shepherd Farm, Ava, NY – cow & sheep milk cheese; eggs and  milk  George Hall Farm, Simsbury, CT - organic produce  LuLu’s Southern Pies, Stamford, CT – Southern cheese pie; chocolate pecan pie; Key lime pie  Simpaug Farms, Ridgefield, CT – fresh vegetables,…

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