[snip] ...Traffic was in gridlock in downtown Bridgeport Friday, as uniformed police officers directed vehicles through many detours. Contributing to the chaos was an early-morning bomb threat that closed all three of Bridgeport’s courthouses until 1 p.m.
After emptying the courthouses, police evacuated a radius of more than three blocks from some parts of Golden Hill Street, shooing shopkeepers, shoppers and pedestrians away and redirecting snarled traffic.[snip]
...Fabrizi said the false bomb threat couldn’t have come at a worse time, as emergency responders were already exhausted working overnight on the bridge. Police are "ready to throw the book" at whoever phoned in the hoax, he said.