Local News in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Stratford, Norwalk, and Beyond!
8:06pm--#Bridgeport CT--According to police radio St. Vincent's Hospital is currently on lockdown. We do not know the exact cause but moments earlier police were called because a victim being treated there was being harassed by assailant.
#5:55pm--#Bridgeport CT--Barnum Avenue is closed to traffic between Seaview Avenue and Hallett Street due to a arcing transformer. UI is on the way.
(Bridgeport, CT – March 21, 2013) – Two known gang members were charged this week in connection with a 2012 robbery that police preempted. Frederick Whitaker, 27, of Stratford, and Clarence Hardy, 24, of Bridgeport, were brought from prison to Superior Court where they were arraigned Wednesday on charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery. Both had been jailed since their October arrest on related weapons charges. The arrest was made by the State Police Gang Unit. According to Bridgeport Sgt. Jason Amato, the unit developed information that two known members of the Bloods gang were planning an armed robbery. On Oct. 24, Amato learned the pair was driving to Bridgeport to pick up two guns and then planned to…
4:36pm--#Trumbull CT--Resident at 1895 Huntington Turnpike went to park the car in the garage and kept going into the basement. Firefighters on the way. UPDATE--Firefighters on scene reporting minor damage and requesting the housing inspector to the scene.
2:42pm--#Bridgeport CT--A pedestrian was hit by a car in front of the train station on Water Street.
9:38pm--#Fairfield CT--The State Police Bomb Squad was called to 1062 Reef Road when construction workers discovered a 37mm anti tank round that had been compromised. The single shell was removed from the home without incident and the State Police will dispose of it. The round was dated 1942 but may have been anti tank rounds for the French during World War I
5:31pm--#Fairfield CT--Police dispatched to Whole Foods 350 Grasmere Ave for a lady in her fifties that has been legally ordered to stay out of the store. This happens a lot in Fairfield it seems.
3:51pm--#Bridgeport CT--#cttraffic--The start of the commute will continue to be tough as they continue to clear the tractor trailer that overturned on the ramp earlier this morning. The attached photo show workers attempting to right the truck, the photo was taken around 3:20pm.
2:06pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police are investigating a disturbance that took place near the Subway/Dunkin Donuts area downtown. Police received a number of mixed calls from the public of a fight or robbery. Police are on scene and sorting it out. If we get any details we will pass them along. One man to bookng at 2:27pm
10:20am--An overturned tractor trailer spilled its contents onto the highway at the on ramp of 27A causing traffic delays in the downtown. Latest update from firefighters on the scene around 11:00am said the contents are in the process of being picked up and that they should be on the scene for a couple hours minimum. No word on what the contents of the truck were.