Month: November 2020

#Westport, CT--On Saturday November 28, 2020, the Westport PoliceDepartment received a complaint from a business located in theSaugatuck Area in regards to being victimized by an apparent scam. It was reported that an individual had entered the store and had spokenwith a juvenile employee. During the course of his conversation withthat employee, this individual claimed to be working on behalf of theWestport Fire Department, stating that he was required to inspect thefire extinguishers kept on site. This individual ultimately claimed thatboth extinguishers maintained by the business needed to be replaced.He claimed that he had spoken with the store’s manager and provided apaper invoice in the amount of $198.15 to cover the cost of replacementthat the manager had agreed would be…

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I-95 Crash

2020-11-28@9:00AMish--#Westport CT-- #cttraffic--At approximately 0900 hours on Saturday, 28 November 2020, Westport Fire along with CT State Police and Westport EMS were notified of a motor vehicle crash on I-95northbound between exits 18-19. While en route, responding units were updated thatthere was a report of a person trapped under a vehicle. Units arrived on the scene and founda two-vehicle crash with one person requiring extrication from under one of the vehicles.It is believed that the trapped individual was outside of the vehicle in the breakdownlane checking on a mechanical issue when their vehicle was struck. Fairfield Fire andAMR responded as well. Westport Firefighters used hydraulic rescue tools to lift thevehicle enough to remove the injured party. The party was turned…

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4 Accidents In 20 Minutes- 3 Were Rollovers

2020-11-27@7:07pm-- #Bridgeport CT--There were three accidents in the area within 20 minutes of each other. 3 were rollover accidents. The first was on I-95 southbound near exit 29 but was not visible on the traffic cameras. #Bridgeport CT--Shortly after a reported rollover accident with injuries at Barnum and Noble Avenue. #Faifield A car on Wakeman Avenue appeared to have missed the turn, hitting a boulder and pushing it in the middle of North Benson Road. There were reported injuries.

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CONNECTICUT CO-LEADS $17.5 MILLION MULTISTATE SETTLEMENT OVER 2014 HOME DEPOT DATA BREACH

Hartford, CT— Attorney General William Tong announced that Connecticut, along with the attorneys general of 45 other states and the District of Columbia, has obtained a $17.5 million settlement against Georgia-based retailer The Home Depot, resolving a multistate investigation into the 2014 data breach which exposed the payment card information of approximately 40 million Home Depot customers nationwide. The State of Connecticut will collect $1,093,196.25 through this settlement. The breach occurred when hackers gained access to the Home Depot network and deployed malware on Home Depot’s point-of-sale system. The malware allowed the hackers to obtain the payment card information of customers who used self-checkout lanes at Home Depot stores throughout the U.S. between April 10 and September 13, 2014.  In…

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Westport Police Department Announces 2020 Holiday Toy Drive

(Westport, CT) The Westport Police Department Local Union #2080 inpartnership with the Westport Police Benevolent Association areexcited to announce the commencement of the Holiday Toy Drive, anannual event that provides toys to underprivileged children throughoutFairfield County as well as both to Bridgeport and Saint Vincent’sHospitals.This program has been extremely successful in the past, allowing forthousands of toys to be distributed to children who otherwise wouldhave none. We again ask for your continued support and generosity tohelp make this year’s drive a success. By donating, you are guaranteedto bring holiday joy to so many deserving children. Weather permitting, Westport Police Officers will accept new,unopened, and unwrapped toys, as well as cash donations, in theparking lot of ASF Sports & Outdoors, located…

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