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In today's newsletter:

  • Bridgeport weighs rapid-response police drones for emergencies and crime scenes
  • How Jorge Cruz’s life story could reshape Bridgeport’s 2027 mayor race
  • What led a judge to offer a suspended sentence in sextortion case?

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📰 News we're reading

1. Bridgeport Police Seek To Implement Drones In Law Enforcement (patch.com) — Bridgeport officials are considering a new drone-as-first-responder program that would dispatch high-speed drones to certain emergencies, feeding live video to police and firefighters within about 85 seconds. The system would integrate with the city’s cameras and license plate readers, store encrypted footage for 30 days, and still needs approval from the Bridgeport City Council before any deployment. Residents are being told the drones will only record ground-level video at actual incident scenes, not while in transit.
   

2. Bridgeport Councilman Jorge Cruz battled personal demons, now he's eyeing the mayor's office (ctpost.com) — Bridgeport residents are getting an early look at a potential 2027 mayoral contender as City Councilman Jorge Cruz launches an exploratory committee focused on housing affordability, gentrification, and reconnecting residents with City Hall. Now in long-term recovery and living with HIV, Cruz says his life experience shapes his empathy for neighbors, while Mayor Joe Ganim highlights recent crime reductions, redevelopment, and tax efforts as he weighs his own future plans.
   

3. Stratford sextortion suspect to receive suspended sentence in plea deal (ctpost.com) — A Stratford teen’s sextortion case is moving toward sentencing at the Bridgeport Judicial District Courthouse, where he’s expected to receive an 11-year suspended sentence and five years of probation. Bridgeport-area readers should know the case involved threats to share intimate images of three young people, and the victims may address the court when sentencing happens next month.
   

4. 3 takeaways from first day of Michelle Troconis' trial to overturn conviction in Jennifer Dulos case (thehour.com) — Bridgeport figures into the Jennifer Dulos case as one of the locations where Michelle Troconis was interviewed by State Police at Troop G headquarters, a key issue in her bid to overturn her conviction. A judge is now weighing whether her former attorney was ineffective for advising her to speak with investigators multiple times, which could eventually lead to a new trial.
   

5. Bridgeport man sentenced for trafficking meth in Connecticut, Rhode Island (ctpost.com) — A Bridgeport man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for his role in mailing methamphetamine that was distributed in parts of Connecticut and Rhode Island. Investigators tied him to multiple drug parcels sent to a Norwich teacher, whose home search uncovered large quantities of meth, ecstasy, cash, and firearms, leading both men to plead guilty to federal conspiracy charges.
   

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