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1:38am--#Bridgeport CT--A second robbery just occurred on Washington Terrace. A man was sitting in his car when a man came up and slashed his tires then robbed him of $40. Earlier a person was robbed by a known person on Washington Terrace.
Town of Fairfield Board of Finance cuts full funding of Pequot Library! "This is unbelievable I am shocked" said RTM Eric Sunman in a tweet tonight, "Pequot Library will face closure now that the Board of Finance says no".
7:15pm--#Bridgeport CT--Why did the chicken cross the road? I don't know but police are on the way to Norland Avenue for a white chicken that keeps crossing the road into the complainants yard.
9:44pm-#Bridgeport CT--A city police detective shot and wounded an armed suspect during a confrontation in The Hollow Monday night. The suspect later died at the hospital. The incident happened near the corner of Pequonnock Street and Benham Avenue. The detective was inside Golfinho's Fish Market when he was alerted to a report of a man with a rifle outside the establishment. The detective exited the store and observed the suspect armed with a long gun in a confrontation with two other people. The detective then drew his weapon. The detective fired at least two shots and wounded the suspect, who fled on foot. He was located a short distance away. Police recovered a rifle at the scene. Per protocol in…
9:01pm--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters on the way to Walgreens on 4083 Main Street for a hazardous condition. Reports are workers are running a gas motor inside the building.
5:40pm--#Stratford CT--Police are looking for two males for breaking into cars on Jackson Avenue. One is wearing a white hoodie and the other wearing a trash bag........
5:30pm---#Bridgeport CT--Report of a TV on fire at 1690 Iranistan Avenue. Homeowner reports to firefighters that they thew the TV on the front lawn. Firefighters on the way. EMS on the way for the homeowner who burned their hands in the process of throwing out the burning TV.
5:23pm--#Norwalk CT-- Firefighters on the way to Marshall's on Connecticut Avenue to unlock a vehicle with a child left inside. No word on the child's age.
State Rep. Tony Hwang – ranking leader of the Government Administration & Elections (GA&E) Committee support proposed Senate Bill 761 recently during the GA&E public hearing. SB 761 is an act that calls for making the Janitorial Work Pilot Program, for persons with a disability or a disadvantage, permanent. http://1.usa.gov/ZJuHJg Rep. Tony Hwang, a passionate advocate of developmentally disabled non-profit entities in our community and added, “The Kennedy Center serves as an amazing advocate for people in our community and this bill will help their clients greatly,” said Rep. Hwang. “Their collaborative effort helps so many realize their dreams of working and earning a wage, especially when that dream seemed so far away. I thank the Center for the amazing…
(Bridgeport, CT – April 1, 2013) -- Two brothers were released without bond after a disagreement over potatoes led to a confrontation after they did not see eye to eye Officers Carlos Pabon and Pasquale Speranza were sent to a Brewster Street address Sunday afternoon on a report of two brothers fighting. William Downey, 53, of Stratford, stated he was in the kitchen making potatoes when his brother, John Downey, 57, stated he was making too many potatoes and punched him. John Downey, of Milford, admitted to throwing a punch at his brother and also stated that William Downey had pulled out a cooking pot and tried hitting him with it. William Downey acknowledged that he in fact wielded a…