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11:03pm--#Bridgeport CT--#Fairfield CT--Fairfield have just begun search for a swimmer in South Benson Channel for a person who called saying their friends tried swimming to Fairfield from St.Mary's and now cannot locate the swimmer. UPDATE--The two were located in a bar in Bridgeport.....
7:11pm--#Fairfield CT--A pedestrian was hit by a passing car in the Jennings Beach parking lot. She has bruises on her thigh. Police trying to locate the vehicle.
12:55pm--#Fairfield CT--EMS called to Jennings Beach for a semi-responsive sixty year old possibly suffering from heat exhaustion. Also, Sherwood Island State Park closed after quickly filing to capacity.
2:02pm--#Bridgeport CT--Manager at Price Rite on North Main Street has called first responders for a suspicious package found at the side of the building. 2:09pm--UPDATE--Call has been cancelled by police.
12:40pm--Fairfield CT--Firefighters quickly extinguished an oven fire at the Colony Grill on the Post Road this afternoon.
(Bridgeport, CT – July 2, 2013) – A Park Avenue woman was arrested after she twice allegedly tried to run down a group of youths with whom she had argued. Officer Daniel Paz responded to the area of Pequonnock and Vine streets at 12:10 a.m. Monday on a report of female in a sport utility vehicle attempting to run over a male. Paz spoke to a teen who stated that a woman had attempted to run him and his friends down and that they scattered to avoid being hit. The teen said they then went back to the Greene Homes housing complex after the incident. The driver came back in a different vehicle and attempted to run them down again,…
(Bridgeport, CT – July 2, 2013) – John Fisher, 24, also had a suspended driver’s license. Officers Sarah Nestlen, Jose Luna and Michael Taylor were called to the Home Depot Sunday on a reported shoplifting. A loss prevention associate stated that he observed Fisher, of Derby, load a Dewalt Hammerdrill into a shopping cart and push it towards the exit. He then lifted it out of the carriage and attempted to walk out the store. The employee detained him and, after a scuffle, took him to the ground and handcuffed him. Fisher was charged with sixth-degree larceny for the shoplifting. Later, it was determined that he had driven a stolen Hyundai to the store. He faces additional charges of second-degree…
2:22pm--#Fairfield CT--Car accident at the McDonald's at the circle on the Post Road. Report of a car crashing into a tree at the McDonald's parking lot.
There was a 2 car accident at the corner of Jewitt Ave and Main St. That is blocking traffic at the stop light by Subway on Jewitt Ave.
12:19pm--#Stratford CT #cttraffic--Accident on I-95 northbound between exits 30 and 31. It appears to be in the left and right shoulders. Firefighters called to pop a door to extricate one person. Injuries reported but the appear to be minor.