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UPDATED: Motorcycle accident cleared on I-395 in Montville

 May 17, 2013; Updated: 6:53 pm

A motorcycle accident on the southbound side of Interstate 395, in the vicinity of Exit 79, has been cleared. Details of the crash are not yet available, though initial reports indicate the injuries to the motorcyclist are not life-threatening.

Motor vehicle accident reported in Waterford

 May 17, 2013; Updated: 4:29 pm

Police have responded to a motor vehicle accident at Great Neck Road (Route 213) and Braman Road and expect Braman Road to be temporarily closed, police reported on their Facebook page at about 3:55 p.m.

Problem closes Mystic drawbridge

 May 17, 2013; Updated: 12:22 am

The Mystic River drawbridge was closed to all traffic for at least an hour Thursday evening forcing police on both sides of the river to detour traffic, police said.

Bomb threat leads to extra security at Old Saybrook High School

 May 17, 2013; Updated: 6:37 am

School and police officials are taking extra precautions this morning at the Old Saybrook High School after a bomb threat was found written on a bathroom wall.

New Haven woman charged with making bomb threat calls to state courthouses

 May 17, 2013; Updated: 5:13 pm

A joint investigation by state and federal authorities led to the arrest Friday of a 30-year-old New Haven woman charged with making bomb threat calls to courthouses across the state.

Police, family continue search for missing Eastern Connecticut State student

 May 16, 2013; Updated: 3:01 pm

Lt. J. Paul Vance said contrary to media reports state police were not searching Wednesday for evidence in an Ansonia pond for missing student Alyssiah Marie Wiley.

N.Y. men charged with using stolen credit card to buy booze in Waterford, East Lyme

 May 16, 2013; Updated: 12:15 am

A pair of alleged thieves with expensive taste in liquor was charged with going on a package store shopping spree this week with a stolen credit card, police said.

Man charged with trespassing near Taylor Swift’s Watch Hill mansion

 May 15, 2013; Updated: 3:48 pm

Westerly - A 22-year-old Chicago man was arrested for trespassing early Wednesday on a private road near the new $17.7 million home of country superstar Taylor Swift.
Westerly police said the man was...

Colchester man sentenced for possession of fake marshals service badge

 May 15, 2013; Updated: 6:54 pm

A 42-year-old Colchester man was sentenced Wednesday to three years of probation for his unauthorized possession of an imitation U.S. Marshals Service badge, acting U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly announced.

UPDATED: Teen charged with criminal mischief after allegedly trashing Pawcatuck home

 May 15, 2013; Updated: 2:22 pm

Police charged a Mystic teenager Tuesday with causing what may be up to $100,000 of damage to an unoccupied home on Osbrook Point in Pawcatuck where he was throwing parties this winter.

Former student charged with threatening Wheeler principal

 May 14, 2013; Updated: 4:22 pm

A former Wheeler Middle/High School student is due in court Thursday to answer to charges that he threatened and was verbally abusive to the school principal after being told to leave school grounds.

Two Norwich men charged with animal cruelty

 May 14, 2013; Updated: 12:55 pm

Two men were arrested Friday after police said they found several animals living in an apartment in deplorable conditions.

UPDATED: Missing Niantic teen found safe

 May 14, 2013; Updated: 6:28 am

State police said that a missing 16-year-old girl from Niantic has been found safe.

Man charged after damaging glass Mohegan Sun sculpture

 May 14, 2013; Updated: 7:25 am

A Massachusetts man was arrested Sunday at Mohegan Sun after police said he damaged the 25-foot-tall River Blue glass sculpture created by world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly.

Accident temporarily knocks out power in Stonington

 May 13, 2013; Updated: 1:40 pm

Stonington — Power was knocked out to a large section of Pawcatuck early this morning and a portion of Pequot Trail was temporarily closed after an SUV driven by a woman, who police say was intoxicated, struck a utility pole.

Alert issued for missing Niantic teen

 May 13, 2013; Updated: 8:24 pm

State police have issued a silver alert for a 16-year-old Niantic girl.

East Lyme man arrested on drug charges

 May 13, 2013; Updated: 9:00 am

An East Lyme man was arrested last week after police searched his vehicle and seized more than a half-pound of marijuana, ecstasy and hallucinogenic mushrooms.

Man found in NL auto parts store arrested for burglary

 May 10, 2013; Updated: 12:58 pm

New London — A 30-year-old man was arrested on burglary charges early Friday morning after police discovered him inside Car Quest Auto Parks.
About 3:30 a.m. Friday, police officers...

Norwich schools placed on 30-minute lockdown

 May 10, 2013; Updated: 4:26 pm

The John B. Stanton Elementary School and Teachers Memorial Middle School were placed on lockdown for about 30 minutes Friday afternoon after a motorcyclist who was stopped by police fled into the woods.

One injured in explosion at Sterling plant

 May 10, 2013; Updated: 6:15 pm

State police say one person was injured in an apparent industrial accident at Austin Powder, 332 Ekonk Hill Road, Sterling, which manufactures industrial explosives.

Police confiscate 4 pounds of marijuana, arrest two in Norwich

 May 9, 2013; Updated: 7:07 pm

City police seized nearly 4 pounds of marijuana, packaging material and a shotgun, and arrested two men Thursday on drug-related charges.

City man charged in Norwich stabbing

 May 9, 2013; Updated: 11:30 pm

Police have charged a 39-year-old Norwich man with first-degree assault in connection with a stabbing last month that left a man with severe facial lacerations.

North Stonington firefighters spend day battling brush fire

 May 7, 2013; Updated: 12:00 am

Firefighters spent half the day battling a brush fire Tuesday that consumed nearly 4 acres of ground cover but was halted before reaching nearby homes.

Warrant: Toddler sustained traumatic brain injury

 May 7, 2013; Updated: 11:41 pm

A 13-month-old girl who died Friday after sustaining injuries while in the care of her mother's boyfriend was injured so badly that doctors had to remove a portion of her brain to ease the swelling.

Fire burns wooded area in Mohegan Park

 May 7, 2013; Updated: 10:08 pm

City firefighters on Tuesday extinguished a brush fire that burned a swath of land in an isolated wooded area of Mohegan Park.

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