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Suspect Nabbed In Shooting Death Of Teen With Protective Order In Bridgeport
A Connecticut man has been charged with the alleged shooting death of a Fairfield County teenager.
New Haven County resident Kiheem Tyquan Benbow, age 21, of Ansonia, was charged on Friday, April 26, with killing a 17-year-old, Romain Sterling, a Bridgeport resident.
During an investigation into Sterling's murder, Bridgeport Police served a search warrant on Behhow on Wednesday, April 24.
During the search, officers found a 9mm semiautomatic ghost gun.
At that time, he was charged with illegal transfer of a pistol, criminal violation of a protective order, and carrying a firea…
Bridgeport Budget Chief Charged With DUI After Hitting Tree, Failing Sobriety Tests
A city official has been charged with allegedly driving under the influence after hitting a tree in Fairfield County.
Bridgeport Budget Chief Nestor Nkwo was arrested around 8 p.m., Friday, March 29, after officers responded to a report of a crash on Park Avenue.
According to an arrest report prepared by Bridgeport Police Officer Ryan Wilson, when he first interacted with Nkwo, who serves as the director of Bridgeport's Office of Police and Management, he talked and acted "normally."
Wilson wrote that, however, when he got close, he could smell alcohol and that Nkwo could not seem to stay …
Man Known As 'Kitty' Nabbed With Thousands Of Fentanyl Pills In Bridgeport Home, Police Say
A 28-year-old Fairfield County man has been charged with narcotics trafficking offenses after thousands of fentanyl pills and other drugs were allegedly found in his home.
Bridgeport resident Jermel Bates, also known as “Mel Kitty” and “Kitty,” was indicted by a grand jury on Thursday, March 28, said Vanessa Roberts Avery, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
As alleged in the indictment, court documents, and statements made in court, in the early morning hours of Friday, June 25, 2023, Bates crashed his vehicle into a parked car in Bridgeport and fled the scene on foot.&…
Bridgeport Man Charged After 4-Hour Crime Spree Robbing Multiple Women, Sexually Assaulting 1
A Fairfield County man has been charged after allegedly attacking and robbing multiple women over four hours.
Cecil Mills, age 35, of Bridgeport, was arrested around 11:30 a.m., on Saturday, Feb. 24 after a vehicle pursuit, crash, and foot chase that ended near the intersection of North Avenue and Madison Avenue.
According to Det. Detective Jeffrey Holtz of the Bridgeport Police, the victims all report being followed by what turned out to be a stolen Toyota Camry, before being robbed and assaulted.
Mills was charged with sexually assaulting one of the three women he allegedly robbed.…