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Reports Of A Stroller Being Pushed Into Water Closes Bridgeport Park Reports Of A Stroller Being Pushed Into Water Closes Bridgeport Park
Reports Of A Stroller Being Pushed Into Water Closes Bridgeport Park A popular Fairfield County park was closed after police received a report of a stroller being pushed into the water. The incident occurred at Beardsley Park at 3102 E Main St., in Bridgeport, around 8:10 p.m., Monday, May 20. According to Tiadora Josef of the Bridgeport Police, the department received a report of a stroller being in the water at the park, which abuts a river. Josef said the Bridgeport Fire Department searched the water as a precaution and worst-case scenario. Nothing was found, and the park was reopened.

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by Kathy Reakes
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ID Released For Man Pulled From Pond In Bridgeport ID Released For Man Pulled From Pond In Bridgeport
ID Released For Man Pulled From Pond In Bridgeport Police have identified the man who was pulled from Bunnells Pond in Beardsley Park in January. James Freeman, 50, of Bridgeport, was found in the water after a passerby call 911 around 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31, said Bridgeport Police. He was pronounced dead at the scene after being pulled unclothed and frozen from the pond. In January police said there were no indications of foul play even though his clothes were found with a small amount of blood on them.  Currently, the Medical Examiner's Office is awaiting toxicology reports before issuing a cause of death. A brief obitu…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Body Found Floating In Ice, Water At Beardsley Park Body Found Floating In Ice, Water At Beardsley Park
Body Found Floating In Ice, Water At Beardsley Park A body was found floating in ice and water at Beardsley Park in Bridgeport. According to Bridgeport Police, the body was discovered in Bunnell's Pond around 11:20 a.m. Thursday by a passerby who saw the body floating in the partially frozen water. Temperatures were frigid as Bridgeport firefighters pulled the body from the water and police confirmed the individual was dead when recovered.  The body was taken by the Medical Examiner's Office who will determine a cause of death and help identify the individual.   Police declined to say if the body was a man or a woman and sai…

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by Kathy Reakes