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Month: October 2022

Bridgeport

Bridgeport News: Swatting Incident At Harding HS

Oct 21, 2022 Stephen Krauchick

2022-10-21 #Bridgeport CT-- There is a swatting incident at Harding High School today. Swatting is the action or practice of making a prank call to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address. Many parents have reached out to us after hearing that there was a shooting incident at the school but that was part of the swatting incident. Frantic parents calling the school told me they only told them that they were in lockdown. This was all a prank. This news report is made possible by:

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Local News

STREAMLINED DMV WEBSITE AND ADDITION OF MORE ONLINE SERVICE OPTIONS

Oct 21, 2022 Stephen Krauchick

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont announced that the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has launched a new website for the state agency (ct.gov/dmv) that streamlines all of the online services it offers in an effort to make completing transactions for customers easier, faster, and more convenient. The newly revamped website also contains several expanded language options, including Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Additionally, the governor announced that in the coming weeks the DMV will be adding the ability for customers to conduct two more transactions online, including requesting refunds when canceling vehicle or vessel registrations, and replacing lost titles. Until now, those transactions could only be completed using paper forms. These new offerings will…

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Trumbull

STOLEN VEHICLE ARRESTS IN TRUMBULL LEAD TO DRUGS AND GUNS

Oct 20, 2022 Stephen Krauchick

#Trumbull CT-- On Wednesday, October 19, 2022, Trumbull Police arrested the occupants of a stolen vehicle after a short pursuit and recovered a number of drugs and two handguns during the apprehension. Manasia Bennett, age 20, of Middletown, and Maureece Fussell, age 25, of Wethersfield, both ran from the vehicle but were captured by the pursing officers nearby. Both were charged with a variety of criminal and motor vehicle charges related to the vehicle theft and pursuit, as well as possession of narcotics and weapons. Just after 9:00 PM, Trumbull police observed a Honda Passport, that had previously been reported stolen from Meriden, traveling near Daniel’s Farm Road. As officers attempted to stop the stolen vehicle, Fussell drove the Honda…

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Bridgeport

Bridgeport News: Homeless Man Arrested For Robbing Grandma Sitting On Her Porch

Oct 20, 2022 Stephen Krauchick

The Bridgeport Police arrested a 59-year-old homeless man on Wednesday night who robbed an 84-year-old grandmother on her porch in The Hollow section last week (see the attached video of the robbery.) Norberto Santiago, DOB: 07/27/63, (see the attached photograph) was taken into custody by patrol officers on a felony warrant at approximately 7:00 p.m., several blocks from where the robbery occurred at around 9:00 a.m. on 10/13/22. Santiago was charged with Robbery in the Third Degree, Criminal Trespass in the First Degree, Larceny in the Sixth Degree, and Breach of Peace in the Second Degree. His bond was set at $150,000. The 84-year-old victim was sitting in a chair on her porch when she was robbed. She was not…

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