2020-05-10@2:23pm--#Bridgeport CT--Today's vehicle fire is being hosted by Bridgeport on Davenport Street. Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire and the fire marshal was called to investigate the cause. This news report is made possible by:
2020-05-10@2:00pm--#Fairfield CT-- Police came across a parked car at Kings Highway and Commerce Drive where a man in the car was stabbed. EMS transported him to the hospital and police are investigating.
2020-05-10@2:00pm--#Bridgeport CT-- #Trumbull CT--#cttraffic-- Trumbull police have one in custody on Route 8 southbound near exit 9. The suspect allegedly stole a car from East Main and Burroughs Street. The owner of the car chased the stolen car but lost it near upper Main Street in Bridgeport. Another good samaritan picked up the chase. The suspect hit a parked car but continued to flee. Trumbull Police located and apprehended the suspect on Route 8. The suspect has nonextraditable warrants out of Arkansas. This news report is made possible by:
2020-05-09@ 8:48pm--Westport firefighters were dispatched to a report of a chimney fire with fire coming from the roof at 8:28 PM Saturday evening. The initial dispatch was Engines 4, 2, 5 and 6, Truck 1 and the Shift Commander. Upon arrival, Engine 4 reported smoke coming from around the area near the top of the chimney. Units entered the house and searched for fire extension. The remaining fire in the fireplace was extinguished and the burnt material was removed from the home. Truck 1 operated from the aerial device and found that there was active fire in the void space around the flue pipe in a wood and stone veneer chimney. Additional firefighters checked each floor for fire while Truck…
2020-05-09@10:49pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police are investigating a sexual assault of a two-year-old girl on Wells Street. According to radio reports, the mother was changing the girl's diaper when she saw vaginal bleeding. The girl told her it was done by her uncle. EMS are scene and police are investigating.
2020-05-09@8:15pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A man was assaulted and robbed in front of 435 East Main Street near the I-95 on ramp. This news report is made possible by:
2020-05-09@7:07pm--- #Bridgeport CT-- #cttraffic-- A five-car crash with injuries report on I-95 northbound near exit 28. Expect delays.
2020-05-09@3:54pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police were called for a large crowd of out of town protestors congregating in front of the fire headquarters on Congress Street. There were no permits to protest. Moments later firefighters received a call for a fire on Hancock Avenue. The fire apparatus was delayed exiting their firehouse due to vehicles and protestors in their way. Protestors also did not give me six feet of distance after numerous requests, as they attempted to block my movements. Firefighters extinguished the fire on the 2nd floor on Hancock Avenue before it spread.
2020-05-09@2:04pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A man was transported to the hospital with unknown injuries after accidentally falling from a third-floor window at 1066 Kossuth Street.
WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, led a group of 24 Senators, including U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), in a letter to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), urging the agency to develop and implement comprehensive mental health care plans to ensure veterans’ well-being during and after the pandemic. “The stress, uncertainty, and isolation associated with the pandemic – all risk factors for suicide in a population where an estimated 17 veterans tragically die by suicide a day— will further increase demand for mental health care among our veteran population, necessitating a comprehensive plan to meet that need,” the Senators wrote in a letter to VA Secretary Robert…
