Bridgeport

Crews are investigating after a pedestrian was struck and the driver fled in Bridgeport Sunday night. The incident happened at the intersection of Barnum Avenue and Seaview Avenue, crews said. The extent of injuries is unknown at this time. Anyone with information is asked to call the Bridgeport police department’s tip line at 203-576-TIPS. No additional information was immediately...

Trumbull police have arrested a man who they said led officers on a pursuit after robbing a store at the Westfield Trumbull Mall on Friday night. Officers said they took 24-year-old Eddie Lynch, of New Haven, into custody early Saturday morning following a six-hour standoff with Bridgeport and Trumbull police. According to police, Lynch surrendered at about 1:10 a.m. at…

The city of Bridgeport is warning residents to be cautious of fraudulent COVID testing sites after officials located one this week. Director of Communications for the Office of the Mayor, Rowena White, said there was an unlicensed COVID testing site near Gala Foods on East Main Street on Friday. This site also had an illegal pop-up testing site last weekend,…

With COVID-19 cases on the rise mayors across the state are trying to find ways to get a hold on the surge but what their hoping to do may not fully be within their control. “We’ve got to get on top of the surge before it gets totally out of control,” are the sentiments of New Haven Mayor Justin...

New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker is asking the state to return to a form of Phase 1 amid a growing number of coronavirus cases.

A 70-year-old woman is in serious, but stable condition after she was hit by a pickup Wednesday night in Bridgeport, according to police. Police received a call about a serious crash at the intersection of Granfield Avenue and Success Avenue at approximately 6:59 p.m. According to officers at the scene, a green 2001 Ford F350 pickup heading east on Granfield…

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced Wednesday he will seek to take away the pensions of Bridgeport’s former police chief and another city official who both pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud and falst statement charges last month. Former police chief Armando “A.J.” Perez and personnel director David Dunn were arrested in September on federal charges that the two...

Bridgeport, Stamford, and others will roll back to Phase 2 reopening following a rise in COVID-19 cases, officials said Thursday. Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim made the announcement on Thursday. Bridgeport is one of 30 “Red Alert” towns where coronavirus infection rates are above the concerning threshold with 15 or more COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population. Stamford officials also announced they…

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, is urging people to take precautions to stop rising COVID-19 case numbers and avoid a very difficult winter ahead. NBCLX’s Clark Fouraker breaks down Dr. Fauci’s grim warning and his advice to prevent outbreaks.

The Bridgeport office of the Department of Motor Vehicles is closed today for deep cleaning and contact tracing. All appointments have been canceled, according to the DMV website. “For the health and safety of our employees and customers, we will be closing our Bridgeport office on Thursday, October 29th to perform a deep cleaning as well as contact tracing. All…

The Communicable Disease Clinic in Bridgeport is temporarily closed after two city employees tested positive for COVID-19 and during the closure, some patients are being transferred to other facilities. Health officials said the clinic is closed until November 10 and the closure follows quarantine and isolation protocols with precautionary measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 within the office and…

Testing of wastewater in the New Haven area has shown a recent spike in COVID-19 concentration in the sewage, which could be an indicator of a subsequent spike in cases in the coming days.

Experts talk about the current COVID-19 situation in Connecticut and whether or not we are seeing a second wave as cases continue to rise.

An 84-year-old Bridgeport woman with Alzheimer’s disease who was found on Sunday after a week-long search was taken to the hospital where police said she later passed away. Officers said Teresa Zangrilli was found unresponsive on Sunday shortly before noon in a patch of woods behind an office building on Cambridge Drive in Trumbull. Zangrilli was transported to St....

An 84-year-old Bridgeport woman with Alzheimer’s disease who was found on Sunday after a week-long search was taken to the hospital, where police said life-saving efforts were unsuccessful. Officers said Teresa Zangrilli was found on Sunday shortly after noon and she was transported to the hospital. Shortly after Zangrilli was transported to the hospital, authorities tweeted that when Zangrilli...

An 84-year-old Bridgeport woman with Alzheimer’s who was found on Sunday after a week-long search was taken to the hospital, where police said lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful.

Police are investigating after a man was shot in the chest and abdomen and a woman was shot in the face during an incident in Bridgeport late Friday night. Dispatchers initially received a ShotSpotter activation about an assault with a gun on Beechwood Avenue shortly before 11 p.m. Authorities said they then received a call from someone who was driving…

An 84-year-old Bridgeport woman who has Alzheimer’s disease has been missing since Sunday and police are now using helicopters as they continue to search for her. Bridgeport police said there has been an extensive search for Teresa Zangrilli and it includes help from surrounding communities and state police. On Wednesday, police said they were expanding their search area to...

Police are expanding their search for an 84-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s who has been missing from Bridgeport since Sunday. For the last two days, Bridgeport police said the city has been extensively searching possible areas for Teresa Zangrilli with help from surrounding communities and state police. On Wednesday, police said the city was expanding their search area to include...

Police have arrested a man who they believe killed his estranged girlfriend in a Bridgeport home Sunday night. Corey Ramos, 30, was arrested while trying to illegally cross the Canadian border from Northern Vermont on Monday. Investigators learned Ramos crossed into the state of Vermont on Sunday after 40-year-old Jennifer Brelsford was killed. Detectives then told officers in New England…