Bridgeport News: Buisness victim of UI shut off scam.
2:30pm--#Bridgeport CT-- The owner of the New Colony Diner has contacted the police saying that he has been scammed out of $5,300 by a scam artist claiming to be a UI employee.
Bridgeport News: Car accident with inuries
2:50am--#Bridgeport CT--First responders on the way to North Avenue and Wells Street for a crash. UPDATE--It sounds like it involves an ambulance.
Woman Faces Threatening Man With Knife, Peas
#Bridgeport, CT – March 17, 2014 – A city woman faces charges after threatening a neighbor with a knife and pot of boiling peas. The victim and suspect both live in a rooming house at 941 Noble Ave. The victim, 57, told Officers Thomas Kristy and Michael Stanitis that he provided some food to the suspect to prepare for him because she is a good cook. But when he returned to the common kitchen, the suspect, Mercedes Bowman, 35, started to throw his food out. She then threatened him with a kitchen knife and to throw a pot of boiling water on him. He returned to his room and contacted police. Police were able to corroborate his account through a…
Bridgeport News: Water Main Break
3:06am--Police are blocking off Ogden Street and Kossuth Street for a major water main break. Expect a huge media presence (except us) because this is huge breaking news even if it only affects a handful of people.
Bridgeport CT: Fight on a transit bus
Report of two people on a transit bus fighting near the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Wilmot Avenue.
Bridgeport News: All day cooking source of high CO readings
4:01pm--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters were called to a residence on Harborview Place for high carbon monoxide levels in the building. The discovered the source of the high levels was all day cooking inside. Guess they should have gone to Frankie's Diner for the best Corned Beef and cabbage. No all day cooking either!
Man Charged with Road Rage Incident
(Bridgeport, CT – March 10, 2014) – A Fox Street man faces charges that he threatened a family with a shotgun during a road rage incident. Officer Tom Kristy was dispatched to a threatening complaint Sunday afternoon and spoke with the victim, who stated that he was driving on Fairfield Avenue with his family when a black Ford Explorer backed onto Fairfield Avenue from a side street, forcing the victim to stop. The victim beeped his horn. Two blocks up, both vehicles turned onto Fox Street. The Explorer stopped at the corner and the victim passed him and continued driving north on Fox. He turned around to return to Fairfield Avenue and, as he passed the vehicle, a man was…
Woman Charged With Stealing Electricity (Bridgeport, CT – March 14, 2014) – A city woman faces felony charges for fraudulently receiving free electricity for the last seven years by claiming a medical condition. Lori Rodriguez, 49, of Bridgeport, defrauded United Illuminating Co. of $27,218.76 by forging her doctor’s signature on documents that protect customers from utility shut off if they suffer from a medical condition and could suffer harm if their utilities are shut off. The protection is not permanent but can be renewed by the doctor. Customers seeking the waiver are required to provide the doctor’s name and contact information. Detective Robert Martin began investigating the case after being contacted by an investigator from UI in January. He learned…
Bridgeport News: I-95 Crash
5:55pm--#Bridgeport CT #cttraffic--I-95 by exit 26 Wordin Avenue a crash in the left lane is being taken care of. It appears they have moved the crash to the left shoulder.
Former Real Estate Agent Charged With Defrauding 33 Additional Victims
(Bridgeport, CT – March 13, 2014)—A real estate agent allegedly stole tens of thousands of dollars from nearly three dozen people who hired him to find them apartments. He was arrested and posted $36,000 bond. Maurice Earley Sr., 48, was arrested last year for similar conduct. Since his initial arrest, 33 more victims have come forward with similar stories. Earley worked as a real estate broker and promised to find people rental apartments. He took retainer fees and money for security deposits for apartments that sometimes weren’t available, failed to deliver housing to the victims and kept their money, according to an investigation by Detective Frank Podpolucha. The loss to the 33 victims totaled $36,250. Earley’s real estate license was…