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From Dan Tepfer, CT Post: A 20-year-old city man has been arrested in the shooting of a 3-year-old Bridgeport girl late last month.
Entries Categorized as 'Cops'
Man Charged In Shooting Of Child
May 17th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Cops, News and Events
Tags: CT Post·Dan Tepfer
Banshee’s Legislative Stroke Regulates Massage Parlors–Governor To Sign Bill Into Law
May 8th, 2012 · 11 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Cops, Development and Zoning, News and Events
State Rep. Auden Grogins, the blonde banshee from Black Rock, is on a mission to regulate massage parlors and adult entertainment establishments that she says curtails quality of life and lowers property values of her constituency. She’s part of a coalition pushing to strengthen regulation both on a state and local level. Monday night the [...]
When Guardian Angels Came To Town
May 7th, 2012 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Cops
Ten hours before West Side residents marched against violence one week after the shooting of a three-year-old girl, Jim “Sonny” Fox, that rascally Black Rocker who’s like a kid with matches and gasoline when it comes to fanning city issues, telephoned Mayor Bill Finch and Police Chief Joe Gaudett who were guests on WICC’s Monday [...]
The Partnership Of Blight And Crime–West Side Lot A Mess, Taxes And Penalties Owed
May 7th, 2012 · 12 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Cops
Blighted properties, such as the one shown here, are co-conspirators in a spike in crime. Former City Councilman Joel “Speedy” Gonzalez, who lives near this abandoned garbage-strewn lot at 848 Maplewood Avenue, brought this video to OIB’s attention. The lot is adjacent to Bryant School and near the location where a three-year-old girl was shot [...]
Tags: Joel Gonzalez
Grants For Anti-Violence Efforts
May 3rd, 2012 · 6 Comments · Cops, News and Events
As the city struggles with a recent surge of violent crime, Governor Dannel Malloy today announced community grants, including $45,000 for Bridgeport, for law enforcement efforts. From the governor: (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that 22 cities and towns will share a $915,000 federal grant that will assist cities and towns [...]
Tags: Dan Malloy
Keila Torres Ocasio: The Bad Guys Are Not Afraid
May 2nd, 2012 · 18 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Cops, News and Events
CT Post columnist Keila Torres Ocasio, a city resident and mother, issues a call to action to Bridgeport residents. In her latest column, following the shooting of a three-year-old girl on the West Side, Keila provides a sobering assessment of violent crime in the city and urges citizens to work with police; say something when [...]
Tags: CT Post·Keila Torres Ocasio
Kohut: Use Intelligence And Technology To Prevent Crime
May 10th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Cops
Jeff Kohut, a candidate for mayor in 2011 active in a North End block watch, shares a commentary on what the city must do to stem the latest surge in violent crime. As all Bridgeporters know, we’re off to a terrible start on the public-safety front this year. At 11:30 PM last night–5/9/12, a night [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama·Jeff Kohut·Lydia Martinez