Bridgeport Alley Fire
5:34pm--#Bridgeport CT--A report of a couch set on fire which caused a brush fire to spread in the Berkshire/Stillman/Kossuth Street area. A car blocking a fire hydrant complicating matters.
Odor of smoke in Greene Homes
1:02am--#Bridgeport CT--Wake up Bridgeport! Odor of smoke at Greene Homes Building 5 on the 3rd floor.
Home Invasion
1:10pm--#Bridgeport CT--A man just approached police to report that a couple of men entered his home and pistol whipped him at Colman and Vine Streets. They took his TV, X-box and his cell phone. 200 block of Vine Street.
Harassment
9:59pm--#Bridgeport CT--A Hallett Street resident insisting on seeing a police officer to report his sister is harassing him on Facebook.....
Odor of gas
7:17pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Odor of gas indoors at 41 Worth Street. Here come a bunch of firetrucks!
5 more arrested
#Stratford CT #Bridgeport CT--5 more arrests in Stratford in connection with the drug sweep in Bridgeport last week. Details as soon as they are released.
Fall from the 2nd story window
12:06am--#Bridgeport CT--A woman has fallen from a second story window in the 300 block of Savoy Street. First responders on the way and the are being cautioned she may be intoxicated or on narcotics.
Loud music calls may prompt neighbors to take action on their own
7:46pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police have received over a dozen calls for extremely loud and obscene music coming from a house at the corner of Trumbull and Sylvan Avenue. Many of the neighbors threatened to take matters into their own hands if not taken care of. Police on the way.
Chinese Nationalist gives authorities a scare
5:20pm--A Chinese Nationalist who just graduated from a local university with a degree in electrical engineering, out on a extended student visa gave authorities in Bridgeport a bit of a scare. I have not heard back from Bridgeport Police's spokesperson, but radio controlled flyers and other sources have reached out to us and helped piece this story together. Apparently the graduate was flying his radio controlled airplane at Seaside Park near the soccer field. The plane had a video camera mounted on it. The plane malfunctioned and lost communication to the controller. The plane is also a glider so when it lost communication with the controller it continued gliding, landing near the power plant property. The student then drove to…
Police Identify Shooting Victim
(Bridgeport, CT – April 8, 2013) – Police Monday released the identity of a man shot in the leg over the weekend. The victim was identified as Daquan Brown, 19, of Seaview Avenue. Police Officer Esther Hailey was dispatched at 2:36 a.m. Sunday to the 1000 block of Park Avenue and found Brown there. He was shot in the left leg. He told Hailey that he was walking with his brother in the area of Iranistan Avenue and Laurel Avenue when they encountered a male arguing with several people. The man pulled out a gun and started firing it, the victim stated. The victim and his brother then ran, he stated, and got separated. At the hospital, the victim was…