State police allege the accident was caused by 59-year-old Reginald Collins’ failure to pull over into the shoulder of the highway after he realized he had a flat tire.
Moments before he was fatally shot by a Colchester police officer on April 18, Jared Billard yelled at the officers to leave and could be heard racking what the state Office of the Inspector General said was a pump action shotgun.
“The overall depravity of the crime, in a court that deals daily with the highest level of depravity New London County has to offer, stands alone,” Superior Court Judge John Newson said.
Tashia Sowell started her new job as deputy assistant state’s attorney on Feb. 23, overseeing cases at the Superior Court for Juvenile Matters at Waterford.
Police arrested three residents and a New York man Thursday after a searching an apartment at 191 Franklin Street and finding drugs, guns, cash, scales, paraphernalia and a machete.
Zachary Caler, a six-year patrolman for the department and drug recognition expert, has been promoted to sergeant by the town’s Board of Police Commissioners.