[citation needed] This was a seven-hour standoff situation off Capital Avenue with a mentally unstable man who was heavily armed and believed he was a Soviet spy.

Someone reported the suspect's name and licence plate number to police, which led them to a house on Seaview Avenue.

Police responded to a dispute call with guns involved on Black Rock Avenue.

Police captains Brian Fitzgerald, Steven Lougal, and Roderick Porter, and Deputy Police Chief Anthony Armeno, who is behind the lawsuit, alleged her appointment was “unlawful and invalid.” The lawsuit alleges that “The plaintiffs possess qualifications, in the least, equal to those of Captain Rebecca (sic) Garcia, and, under the City Charter must be allowed to compete for the position of assistant police chief, unless legitimately disqualified".

The investigation occurred in part thanks to An unnamed officer, who is labeled in court documents as "Officer-1", and his collaboration with federal agents.

[7] On Monday, October 5, 2020, Perez and Dunn both pleaded guilty to all charges in US District Court in front of Judge Kari A. Dooley as they waived Grand Jury indictments.

She required the two pay $149,405 in restitution to the city of Bridgeport as the United States Department of Justice recommended 24 months in prison.

[8] In the 2008 film Pistol Whipped, Steven Seagal plays a former cop from the Bridgeport Police Department.