Tonight’s Vehicle Fire
2020-03-17@9:30pm--#Milford CT--#cttraffic-- Tonight's vehicle fire is on I-95 northbound just before exit 40. The driver did get out of the car safely.
Trumbull News: Crash!
2020-03-17@ 7:22pm--#Trumbull CT-- Firefighters dispatched to Sunset and Reservoir Drive for a car into a utility pole. Multiple 911 calls said the driver was entrapped which was not the case and the car was on fire. Firefighters report the driver out but the pole is sheared at the base. Expect delays in the area. This news report is made possible by:
DMV Closing
Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Commissioner Sibongile Magubane announced effective as of the close of business on March 17, 2020, all DMV Branch Offices will be closed to the public for the transaction of business until further notice. Employees will continue to report to their work locations, unless otherwise instructed, and will assist with transactions that are completed online, through the mail and by phone through Interactive Voice Recognition. DMV partners, including AAA and Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union, will make independent determinations of whether to conduct license transactions. Please go to https://www.ctdmv.info/ for a list of services and daily status updates on DMV and partner locations. As a reminder, DMV announced last week it is offering a 90-day extension to…
Bridgeport News: Child Roaming The Streets
2020-03-17@4:54pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police and EMS on the way to Beecher and Kossuth Street where a one and a half-year-old child is reported running in the streets.
Bridgeport News: 16 Year Old Allegedly Robs Mom
2020-03-17@1:44pm--#Bridgpeort-- Last night a 16-year-old boy threatened to rob his mom. Today the mom came home to find all the TVs in the home missing, in the 1100 block of Noble Avenue. This news report is made possible by:
Bridgeport News: Train Brake Fire
2020-03-17@1:17pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A train carrying about 15 people had to make an emergency stop at Bishop Avenue near Connecticut Avenue after a report of a fire which turned out the be the brakes. Firefighters were able to put the fire out using dry chemical extinguishers. There were no reported injuries. A rescue train was dispatched to complete the passenger's journey.
#Trumbull Police Warn Of Corona Scams
Trumbull police are warning residents to be aware of scams related to the recent health crisis occurring worldwide. There have been several unverified reports throughout the country of people posing as personnel from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and going door-to-door, allegedly conducting a coronavirus (COVID- 19) survey or investigation. The Trumbull Police Department would like to make it known that the CDC is not conducting any such survey or investigation. Residents should not grant anyone access into their residence whom they do not know, or who were not previously scheduled to be there. Under these circumstances, Trumbull residents should immediately contact the police. The Trumbull Police would also like to remind all residents not to…
Bridgeport Hospital Corona Virus Testing
In an effort to minimize Bridgeport Hospital’s COVID-19 exposure and to ensure proper testing of patients that have received a physician’s order and that have a scheduled appointment Bridgeport Hospital (Yale New Haven Health) will be activating Specimen Collection Center for COVID-19. Again, this center is based on a physician’s order and a scheduled appointment, no walk-ins will be allowed at either site, so if a person is feeling sick they should contact their physician immediately and receive an order from said physician. The Center will be set utilizing a hospital’s campus facility located on Mill Hill Ave.. Bridgeport Hospital (Operation Hours: 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 3pm Saturday and Sunday) Bridgeport Hospital traffic impact can be expected…
State Reminds You To Complete Census
HARTFORD, CT)- Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz is reminding Connecticut residents to check their mailboxes for an invitation to complete the 2020 Census. Beginning tomorrow, March 12, 2020, initial invitations to respond to the census online and by phone will be delivered by the U.S. Postal Service to households across the state. Areas that are less likely to respond online will receive a paper questionnaire along with the invitation to respond online or over the phone. This is the beginning of the self-response operation. Residents should complete the census questionnaire as soon as they receive their letter invitations in the mail. Each invitation will include a unique 12-digit number used to access the questionnaire online or by phone to answer basic…
Westport News: Tires and Rims Theft Arrest
#Westport CT-- On the morning of December 16, 2019, Robert Mebane was involved in an incident that occurred at Honda of Westport; 1372 Post Road East. At that time, Mebane was suspected of attempting to steal wheels and tires from vehicles parked in the lot of the closed business. He was arrested for multiple charges. As a continuation of that initial investigation, a search warrant was sought and granted for a vehicle found near the scene believed to belong to Mebane. During the course of the execution of that search warrant, detectives located two Connecticut registration marker plates that had previously been reported to police as stolen. Also located were six tablets of suspected Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA); a drug more commonly…