Bridgeport News: Man Stabbed on William Street
2:09am--#Bridgeport CT--Police and EMS are on scene at William Street where a man has been stabbed about 4 or 5 times.
Bridgeport News: Stove as heater causes CO symptoms
12:48pm--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters on scene reporting high carbon monoxide levels at PT Barnum Housing Building 2 on Bird Street. Reports say the furnace is not at the building and a resident used her stove to heat the apartment. EMS was called to check the woman and her child. Housing was called to repair the furnace.
Fairfield News: Theater Thug
11:23pm--#Fairfield CT-- Police responded to the Fairfield Theater Company on Sanford Street for a patron that was asked to leave and got into a physical fight with the staff.
Man Arrested on Domestic Assault Warrant
#Bridgeport, CT – Jan. 31, 2014 – A city man was arrested Thursday on a warrant charging him with a felony domestic violence warrant. Officer Christopher Martin responded to a Holly Street address on Wednesday on a report that a man, Sammy Hill, 39, was attempting to assault a relative. On scene, police determined that Hill also had a felony domestic violence warrant. Hill had fled the scene and police checked several locations but could not locate him. Police were called back Thursday on information that he had returned. Martin, Officer Paul Nikola and Lts. John Cummings and Kevin Gilleran, among others, responded. They were provided with information that he might have a gun and that he had substance abuse…
Bridgeport News: Fire on Park Street
8:48pm-- #Bridgeport CT-- Firefighters on scene at 68 Park Street for a fire on the third floor.
College professor goes missing
#Bridgeport CT--Housatonic Community College's Nutrition Professor Jarvis Smith was reported missing to Bridgeport Police last night by his brother. He has been missing since December 26, 2013. Housatonic College confirmed today that he has not shown up for class when the new semester began this week, the school is very concerned.
Bridgeport Residents Get New Prescription Drug Discount Program Card
Discount Card is free to residents of Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM)-member towns and cities (BRIDGEPORT, CT – January 29, 2014) – Mayor Bill Finch announced today that the City of Bridgeport, through its association with the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM), the statewide association of towns and cities, is now providing a new prescription discount card that will provide uninsured and underinsured residents steep savings on prescription medicines. Bridgeport is a member of CCM and this new program is only available to CCM member-communities. In Connecticut, more than 10 percent of Connecticut residents – nearly 360,000 people – currently lack health insurance and prescription plans and another 800,000 residents are underinsured. There are over 50 million uninsured individuals…
Man Charged With Stealing $25,000 From Former Employer
#Bridgeport, CT – Jan. 29, 2014 – An Ansonia man faces larceny-related charges in connection with the theft of more than $25,000 from his former employer. Detective Frank Podpolucha secured a warrant charging Joel Tenpenny, 41, with first-degree larceny and first-degree computer crimes. Tenpenny worked for The Black Horse Automotive Services Inc., on Union Avenue, as the controller, where he was hired to ensure that the company’s financial activities were properly recorded, controlled and reported to the owners and complied with state and federal tax regulations. The investigation determined that Tenpenny defrauded the company in a number of ways. According to the arrest warrant affidavit, he fraudulently overpaid himself by $4,684 in salary over a five month period in late…
Mass layoffs for the Patch hits area
#Fairfield CT-- As we previously reported AOL sold off their remaining interests in the local news sites of The Patch last week to the turnaround firm Hale Global. Numerous editors have been laid off and their biographies taken off line. They were laid off via voicemail. You can here that call by clicking here. Biographies taken down are Fairfield's Daniel DeBlasio , Stratford's Jason Bagley , Trumbull's Aaron Leo and Norwalk's Leslie Yager Here is a screen shot from the Fairfield Patch: