Merritt Parkway Rollover
12:55pm--#New Canaan #cttraffic--Report of a rollover accident near exit 38 southbound on the Merritt Parkway. First responders on the way.
Video Report–Lenox Jeweler Owners Taken Hostage To Rob Store
10:51pm--#Farifield CT #Meriden CT--The owners of the Lenox Jewelry shop were taken hostage from their home on Gravel Street in Meriden and driven to their store located at 2379 Black Rock Turnpike where they forced the owners at gunpoint to open the shop and they proceeded to rob the store. They then tied up the owners in the back of the store. The fled in the owners silver 2009 BMW 528i which they apparently drove to the store in. Police in Fairfield and neighboring towns were expecting the car to be quickly ditched nearby looking for Massachusetts plates 96NV02. Side streets, parking lots and store parking lots from Easton to Stratford were searched but the car did not turn up. The Merritt Parkway and other…
Fire in New Canaan
12:33am--#New Canaan CT #ctfire--Firefighters are on scene of a structure fire at 747 Old Stamford Road. Initial reports of one person trapped on the 2nd floor, status update unknown. #Norwalk CT firefighters called for mutual aid. UPDATE--Additional ambulance called to the scene, possibly 3-4 patients going to the hospital from this call.
Lenox Jeweler Owners Taken Hostage From Meriden Drove To Fairfield To Rob Store
#Fairfield CT #Meriden CT--Owners of the Fairfield were taken hostage from their home on Gravel Street in Meriden, driven to Fairfield by 5 men in hoodies in the owner's silver 2009 BMW 528i with Massachusetts plates 96NV02. They then forced the owners to open the store at 2379 Black Rock Turnpike and then proceeded to rob the store then tying up the owners in the back. Police are looking for the silver 2009 BMW 528i with Massachusetts plates 96NV02 possibly dumped nearby. I'll have a full video report shortly.
3 car accident same spot as last night
5:53pm--#Bridgeport CT--A 3 car accident causing traffic delays on Madison Ave. and Madison Terrace. There was an accident there last night at the same spot.....
Unattended briefcase scare
4:49pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police have the step of the courthouse on Main Street taped off because of an unattended briefcase.
Asked Teller For A Gun
4:16pm--#Fairfield CT--Police are looking for a twenty year old male who walked into People's Bank on the Post Road and asked the teller for a gun, then walked out of the bank. They are checking local businesses in the area, many are familiar with the man. He does not sound to be a threat. UPDATE--He has been located at a local restaurant washing dishes.
Possible house fire
3:20pm---#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters on the way to a possible house fire in an abandoned house at the corner of Pembroke and Shelton Street, possible squatters still inside. UPDATE-- Firefighters on scene reporting nothing visible from the street. Turns out to be a small trash fire on the rear third deck and extinguished.
Petro Spill in Southport
12:12pm--#Southport CT--A report of a either a gasoline or oil spill under the under pass on the Post Road near the Shell Station creating a traffic hazard.
Fairfield Stalker Arrested
#Fairfield CT--Wednesday 4/10/2013--6:29 pm, a complainant reported seeing a man hiding in a wooded area behind a Vermont Ave home. He believed the man was watching children in the neighborhood and directed officers to the location. As police vehicles arrived on Vermont Ave the complainant reported the male had just fled the scene running through the wooded area he was hiding in, out towards Home Depot, 541 Kings Hwy Cut Off. Daniel Gonzalez was detained exiting the woods into the Home Depot parking lot and initially denied hiding in the woods changed his story several times to police. It was eventually learned that Gonzalez was stalking an ex-girl friend who lives on Vermont Ave. and he has been sending her…