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Fatal Crash Update: 33-Year-Old ID'd As Victim Fatal Crash Update: 33-Year-Old ID'd As Victim
Fatal Crash Update: 33-Year-Old ID'd As Victim This story has been updated. A 33-year-old area man was killed during a crash while riding a motorcycle in Connecticut. The incident occurred in New London County around 10: 30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 4 in the area of in the area of Jefferson Avenue and Roosevelt Street, in New London. According to New London Police Capt. Matthew Galante, officers, and the New London Fire Department responded to the area after receiving numerous 911 calls. Medical treatment was provided to the man, identified as Jared Barber, of Quaker Hill, who was transported to Lawrence and Memorial Hospital where h…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man, Woman Charged In Strangulation Death Of 17-Year-Old CT Girl Man, Woman Charged In Strangulation Death Of 17-Year-Old CT Girl
Man, Woman Charged In Strangulation Death Of 17-Year-Old CT Girl Two Connecticut residents have been charged with the strangulation death of a 17-year-old girl found when police responded to a report of an unresponsive female. New London County resident Dnazia Uzzle, age 17, of Groton, was found on Saturday, April 15, around 3 a.m. at a home in the area of Jefferson Avenue and Buchanan Road in New London. According to New London Police Capt. Matthew Galante, when police arrived they found Uzzle unresponsive and transported her to Lawrence and Memorial Hospital where she later died. In addition to Uzzle, two other people were found at the scene with…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Convenience Store Shooting: Trio At Large After CT Incident Convenience Store Shooting: Trio At Large After CT Incident
Convenience Store Shooting: Trio At Large After CT Incident Police in Connecticut are searching for three men who allegedly shot another man in a convenience store, leaving him in critical condition. The incident occurred in New London County around 3 a.m. Wednesday, July 5, at the H&T Mini Mart at 1 Ocean Ave., New London. New London police responded to the store on a report of a shooting, said Capt. Matthew Galante, of the New London Police. Police on the scene located evidence supporting a shooting, but no victim who had been transported by a private car to Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, Galante said. Galante said the victim, a 19-year-old…

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT Man Charged With Savagely Abusing Boy, Police Say CT Man Charged With Savagely Abusing Boy, Police Say
CT Man Charged With Savagely Abusing Boy, Police Say A Connecticut man has been charged with savagely abusing a boy who was subjected to beatings, locked in a closet, and living in "inhumane" conditions. New London County resident Michael Gregor, age 41, formerly of New London, who recently moved to East Lyme, was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 23. According to Capt. Matthew Galante, of the New London Police, Gregor was arrested in connection with an incident that took place on Sunday, Jan. 29, at a home in New London involving a reported domestic dispute. During the arrest, police found the 10-year-old boy locked in a room with a deadbolt on th…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman Admits To Hitting, Choking, Smothering CT Child, Arrest Warrant Says Woman Admits To Hitting, Choking, Smothering CT Child, Arrest Warrant Says
Woman Admits To Hitting, Choking, Smothering CT Child, Arrest Warrant Says A Connecticut woman has been charged with allegedly slapping, smothering, and choking her 16-month-old son.  The arrest took place in New London County in East Lyme, at 7 a.m. Tuesday, June 7. Katie Ann Nichols, age 36, was charged with negligent cruelty to persons, risk of injury to a child, and reckless endangerment, following an investigation, said Chief Michael Finkelstein, of the East Lyme Police. According to Nichols's arrest warrant, an investigation by the Department of Children & Families was initiated after her therapist reported that her client had admitted to hitt…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman Killed After Vehicle Crashes Into CT Residence Woman Killed After Vehicle Crashes Into CT Residence
Woman Killed After Vehicle Crashes Into CT Residence A Connecticut woman was killed after losing control of her vehicle and crashing into a mobile home. The incident took place in New London County just before 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 18, in Groton. According to Captain Gregory McCarthy, of the Groton Police, when officers arrived on the scene of the crash at 301 Buddington Road, they found a 2007 Toyota Avalon had hit a mobile home in the Eastwood Mobile Home Park with an unresponsive woman inside the car. An investigation found that the car was traveling north from the upper lot of the mobile home area and headed downhill, crashed into …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Police Investigating Deaths Of Two At CT Apartment As Murder-Suicide Police Investigating Deaths Of Two At CT Apartment As Murder-Suicide
Police Investigating Deaths Of Two At CT Apartment As Murder-Suicide Two Connecticut residents whose bodies were found following a fire died from a murder-suicide, according to the state's Chief Medical Examiner. The bodies of Arislediy Batista, age 18, and Nicolas Rodriguez-Vargas, age 20, were discovered around 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, in New London after police responded to a report of shots fired on Granite Street. When officers arrived, they found flames coming from the top floor of the building and began evacuating other residents, said New London Police Capt. Matthew Galante. Galante said both bodies were found inside the building.  One …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Two Killed After CT Apartment Fire Breaks Out Two Killed After CT Apartment Fire Breaks Out
Two Killed After CT Apartment Fire Breaks Out Two people are dead in Connecticut following a fire and reports of a shooting at a multi-family home.  The bodies were discovered around 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, in New London after police responded to a report of shots fired on Granite Street. When officers arrived, they found flames coming from the top floor of the building and began evacuating other residents, reported WTNH News 8. New London Police told News 8 crews found two victims inside the building.  One was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was pronounced dead at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital. Police said …

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT Man Killed In Crash At Fishers Island CT Man Killed In Crash At Fishers Island
CT Man Killed In Crash At Fishers Island A Connecticut man died in a fatal car crash on Long Island. Troopers responded on Saturday, Aug. 21 at around 2 a.m. to East End Drive on Fishers Island. which is located in Southold, to the crash. Kevin Brown, 27, of Baltic, Connecticut had sustained significant head trauma after reportedly falling from the trunk of a 2011 Hyundai Genesis, according to New York State Police at the Troop L barracks. Brown was taken to Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London where he died from his injuries, police said. The driver and the vehicle involved were located on Fishers Island and police are …

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by Donna Christopher
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Woman Under Influence Charged After Two Fatally Struck While Crossing Road, Police Say Woman Under Influence Charged After Two Fatally Struck While Crossing Road, Police Say
Woman Under Influence Charged After Two Fatally Struck While Crossing Road, Police Say A woman allegedly driving under the influence struck and killed two people while they were crossing a busy Connecticut roadway. Stonington Police said the fatal incident took place around 8:07 p.m., Saturday, March 9, at the intersection of Route 27 and Rossie Pentway in Stonington, when a vehicle driven by Carol Belli, 73, of Groton, struck and killed two people attempting to cross the roadway, said Capt. Todd Olson. When officers arrived on the scene they found the two pedestrians, identified as Joanna Wakeman, 78, and Seth Wakeman, 88, both of Stonington, had been struck at the inte…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Mother Charged In 5-Year-Old Son's Hot Car Death In Connecticut Mother Charged In 5-Year-Old Son's Hot Car Death In Connecticut
Mother Charged In 5-Year-Old Son's Hot Car Death In Connecticut A 31-year-old mother who called police because she could not find her 5-year-old son has been charged with criminally negligent homicide. On May 3, around 2:28 p.m., Whitney Bosselman of the Village of Quaker Hill in the Town of Waterford called police reporting her 5-year-old son was missing from the family home, said Waterford Police Lt. Timothy Silva. Responding officers conducted a search inside and outside of the home and the surrounding property. After about nine minutes, officers located the child strapped in a car seat in the backseat of a Toyota Camry parked on the property.  The …

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by Kathy Reakes