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The Merritt Parkway southbound in Stratford has reopened Thursday morning after an overnight crash involving a wrong-way driver, police say.

Bridgeport police say a man was arrested and charged after they say he fired a handgun on Granfield Avenue on Monday afternoon.

Bridgeport police shared the photos of two men wanted on gun charges on Wednesday, noting their charges are related to a double homicide in March.

Brannon Winston, 24, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for trafficking firearms to Bridgeport, some of which were used in shootings, officials said.

Bridgeport resident Christian Gilbert, 23, was arrested Monday after police said they responded to reports of a suspicious person on a scooter.

Bridgeport officials say firefighters fought and knocked down a blaze on Iranistan Avenue on Tuesday afternoon.

A woman who said her boyfriend abused her and her daughter said she lied at a hospital because he stayed near her, Milford police say.

Last month the police department, using information technology provided by the LexisNexis company, quietly launched a "community crime map."

Bridgeport police said the pedestrian was struck early Monday morning in the area of Seaview and Barnum avenues.

April Gale, whose husband was demoted and placed on unpaid leave, has filed a citizen's complaint against Bridgeport Police Chief Porter.

Route 15 south was closed between exits 47 and 46 on Friday due to a crash with serious injuries, state police said.

Milford police charged a Stratford man with selling the drugs that resulted in a fatal overdose in 2023.

Ricardo Torres faces 22 years in prison after he pleaded guilty Friday to fatally shooting Jorge “Indio” Tirado in Black Rock.

Bridgeport police said a Massachusetts man was found with a stolen firearm on Madison Avenue Wednesday after officers responded to a gunfire report in the area.

Bridgeport police said that the Smoker's Variety store was robbed Thursday night by two armed men.

The parents and grandmother of Vince Bravo were charged with second-degree hindering prosecution, a Class C felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

A former Bridgeport police officer Ivan Delgado was sentenced Thursday to a little more than 7 years in prison for sexually assaulting two young girls.

Westport police say that Omar Aliyhry, 29, is accused of illegally selling cannabis from Savvy Smoker, located on Post Road East.

Trumbull police said reports cited a man with a gun hiding in the bushes, but it was a water gun and the teen was playing a game.

At the time of his Aug. 2, 2020, death, the victim, Jawara Stennett, was 39 years old.

Bridgeport officials say police were called about suspicious objects on Testiny Avenue, and found what appeared to be a grenade when at the scene.

Miguel Rojas was charged with fatally shooting Jalen Parilla on Dec. 3, 2021, in the area of West Avenue and West Liberty Street.

Figueroa, who had been arrested six times in less than two years for actions against women, was fired from the Bridgeport Police Department in 2019.

A Milford fire official said the four dogs were found dead inside the car that was engulfed in flames in the 20 block of Adams Avenue.

Stratford police say they have arrested 37-year-old Marlborough resident Brittany Rondeau in connection with an armed robbery at the Stratford Inn in March.

Jonas Sainvil has been charged with seven counts of fourth-degree sexual assault and eight counts of risk of injury to a minor.

No one was seriously hurt Monday night when a car crashed into a Bridgeport home on North Avenue, a city official said.

Bridgeport police have arrested a person after a stabbing at a store on State Street Monday afternoon.

A former Bridgeport man was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday following a conviction for sexually assaulting a young girl.

Two Bridgeport police officers responding to a call collided with each other Monday afternoon at the intersection of South and Iranistan avenues.