Bridgeport News: Pedestrian Hit By Motorcyclist
9:12pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A pedestrian has been hit and injured at Lincoln and Main Street. Road ia closed. This news report is made possible by:
Today’s Vehicle Fire
7:49pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Today's vehicle fire is a landscaper truck on Route 8/25 southbound near exit 4. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Boy On Bike Struck
5:42pm-- #Bridgeport CT--A ten-year-old boy was hit by a car while he was on his bicycle on Albion Street near the Stop and Shope entrance. First responders say he banged his elbow pretty bad but that he will be alright.
Bridgeport News: Street Fight At The Park
7:13pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a street fight with knives at Washington Park. Suspects fled down Kossuth Street according to radio reports. But now you know why all the cops went in that direction! This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Grandma Robbed
11:00AMish-- A Linwood Avenue grandmother walking home was robbed of her jewelry by two middle-aged women. Then they forced her into withdrawing $5,000 from her People's Bank account at Park Avenue according to police radio reports. Police are investigating. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Scooter and Bus Collide
3:00pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A bus and scooter collide at Main and Grand Street. Remarkably there are no reported injuries. This news report is made possible by:
Westport News: Multiple Motor Vehicle Charges
On 07/15/18 at approximately 9:30am, an officer observed a vehicle traveling eastbound on Long Lots Road. The vehicle traveled straight through the intersection with Hyde Lane, without stopping for the stop sign located there. A motor vehicle stop was conducted on Long Lots Road and the operator identified herself as Nell Gibbon of Fairfield, CT. Gibbon was unable to provide a registration for the vehicle or an operator’s license. A check of each revealed the registration was expired and Gibbon’s operator’s license was suspended. Because she had no identification and no documentation with her name on it, Gibbon was taken into custody and transported to headquarters where she was later positively identified as Nell Gibbon. Gibbon was charged with 14-215…
Ganim Wants Full Financial Disclosure
#Hartford – Bridgeport mayor and Democratic candidate for governor Joe Ganim today called on Ned Lamont to release a full financial disclosure statement in advance of the Democratic primary election onAugust 14. Mayor Ganim is calling on Lamont to release the documents before the next scheduled debate between the two on July 26th. The mayor also reiterated his call for Lamont to limit his primary campaign spending to either $1 million dollars or the amount of $1.25 million dollars proposed by Susan Bysiewicz, Lamont’s Lt. Governor running mate. In addition, Ganim called for Connecticut to enact a law requiring candidates for statewide office to file personal financial disclosure statements, as required by New York State, Vermont, the U.S. Senate, the House of…
Westport News: Gas Pump Struck
#Westport CT--On 07/14/18 at approximately 10:15pm, officers were dispatched to a local gas station on a report of a vehicle that had struck the gas pumps. The vehicle was observed losing control after entering the lot and striking a trash can and gas pump. One of the pumps sustained minor damage, which was found not to be hazardous by the Westport Fire Department. The operator was identified as Heather Bower of Wilton, CT. In speaking with Bower, officers detected a strong odor of alcoholic beverage on her breath. Bower was asked to perform Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, which she failed. She was taken into custody and transported to headquarters where a breath test found her to be above the legal…
Senator Upset With $10 Million Exec Order To Study Tolls
#cttraffic--Many of you had questions regarding Governor Dannell Malloy's executive order to have $10 million for a survey on tolls. I reached out to Connecticut State Senator Tony Hwang for more information. Senator Hwang was upset with the “arrogance” that an outgoing governor wants to pass along $10 million in bonding to do a study that no one has wanted. Hwang says the study is double what the Department of Transportation requested. Hwang was upset that there will be no oversight of this study by the elected legislators, just the Malloy Administration. The senator said an executive order can only be challenged in court or not have the bonding commission no take up the issue (which is controlled by Malloy). This…