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Angry Bird: 'Agitated' Hawk Captured After Attacks Injure Two In Fairfield County Angry Bird: 'Agitated' Hawk Captured After Attacks Injure Two In Fairfield County
Angry Bird: 'Agitated' Hawk Captured After Attacks Injure Two In Fairfield County An angry hawk who was attacking people in Fairfield County has been captured. The "agitated" hawk was caught around 6:30 p.m. near the 2200 block of East Main Street in Bridgeport by a DEEP Conservation officer and taken to safety, said City Spokeswoman Rowena White. The first report of the angry bird came in around 9:50 a.m., Tuesday when a man sustained undisclosed injuries by the hawk, said White. Another man was injured later in the evening and admitted themselves to Bridgeport Hospital for treatment, she said. The Bridgeport Emergency Operations Center dispatch received fiv…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Agitated Hawk Goes On Attack, Injuring Two In Fairfield County Agitated Hawk Goes On Attack, Injuring Two In Fairfield County
Agitated Hawk Goes On Attack, Injuring Two In Fairfield County An agitated hawk has attacked at least two people and there have been another five complaints, according to Bridgeport City officials. The hawk first attacked and injured a man around 9:50 a.m. Tuesday in the area of 2200 East Main Street, officials said. Another person was attacked and injured later in the day and admitted themselves to Bridgeport Hospital for treatment. Since then, the city's emergency dispatch center has received five additional complaints regarding the bird beginning around 5 p.m.  The Bridgeport Police Department Animal Control officer has responded to the scene and …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Pedestrian Killed In Fairfield County Hit And Run Pedestrian Killed In Fairfield County Hit And Run
Pedestrian Killed In Fairfield County Hit And Run Police are on the hunt for a silver-colored vehicle that hit and killed a Bridgeport man, dragging him for more than 50 feet. The incident occurred around 5:15 a.m. Monday at 1617 East Main Street, between Spring Street and Autumn Street, said Av Harris, director of Legislative Affairs/Public Policy for the City of Bridgeport. According to Harris, a preliminary investigation revealed Christopher Bernard Mann, 36, was in the northbound lane of East Main Street near the double yellow lines. A silver motor vehicle traveling north on East Main Street hit Mann and then dragged him for approximat…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Pair Of Bridgeport Men Charged In Trumbull Home Invasion Pair Of Bridgeport Men Charged In Trumbull Home Invasion
Pair Of Bridgeport Men Charged In Trumbull Home Invasion A pair of Bridgeport men were captured after they broke into a Trumbull home early Saturday looking for money and threatened the resident with a handgun.  According to Trumbull police Lt. Keith Golding, police were altered to the situation around 5 a.m. by a 911 call from the home on White Plains Road in the Trumbull Business Center area. Responding officers spotted the suspect vehicle, a blue Jeep Liberty, traveling south on White Plains Road and signaled for it to stop, police said. Instead of stopping, the driver took off at a high rate of speed, pursued by Trumbull police into Bridgepo…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Bridgeport Fire And Police Extinguish Truck Blaze In The Nick Of Time Bridgeport Fire And Police Extinguish Truck Blaze In The Nick Of Time
Bridgeport Fire And Police Extinguish Truck Blaze In The Nick Of Time BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Firefighters put out a blaze on a welder’s truck on East Main Street before it reached any explosive materials Thursday morning, according to a report in the Connecticut Post.Fire and police personnel reached the fully involved fire around mid-morning and it was extinguished by 10:20 a.m., the Post said. Read the full story here.

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