Groton

A Massachusetts man has died after the car he was driving went off Interstate 95 in Groton on Thursday night and hit a parked construction vehicle, according to state police. State police said Paul Robert Bigos, 37, of Dighton, Massachusetts was driving a 2012 Subaru Impreza on I-95 North in Groton around 11:48 p.m. when he went off the road...

A 14-year-old has died after a crash in Mystic early Monday morning that sent four teens to the hospital, according to police. Groton police responded to Fishtown Road at 1:21 a.m. after receiving an iPhone Crash Detection call and found four teens with serious injuries. They said the vehicle the teens were in, a 2012 Toyota 4Runner, went off the…

One teen is dead and three others have serious injuries after a vehicle went off the road, into the woods and hit a tree in the Mystic section of Groton early Monday morning, according to Groton Police. Police said the crash happened on Fishtown Road near Little Gull Lane around 1:21 a.m. and they learned of it because of an…

A 55-year-old man has died after a motorcycle crash in Groton late Friday night. Emergency crews responded to Poquonnock Road around 11:30 p.m. for a motorcycle crash. Once in the area, police said they found a motorcycle crash with serious injuries. The driver of the motorcycle, identified as 55-year-old Raymond Nix, was transported to Lawrence & Memorial Hospital to be…

A 2-year-old girl who was reported missing from Groton has been found safe, according to police. Police said the girl was believed to be in the custody of her mother, but the mother’s family had not heard from her in several weeks and law enforcement had reason to believe they needed to conduct a welfare check on the toddler....

A well-liked school resource officer in Groton, Massachusetts, has been fired over allegations he harassed students and staff, including asking one student if she wanted to come to his house to have sex. Omar Connor, the now-former school resource officer at Groton-Dunstable Regional High School, was fired last year over the harassment allegations, which left some students and parents shocked….

A Rhode Island man suspected of homicide in Vermont has been apprehended in Groton after an investigation by law enforcement authorities in three states. Shawn Conlon, 44, of Rhode Island, was taken into custody at a hotel on the Gold Star Highway in Groton on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. They said U.S. Marshals in Connecticut and...

Firefighters put out fires in two buildings at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton Friday morning. A watchstander on base reported a fire in the unoccupied housing area of Cavalla Court around 5:30 a.m. Friday and the SUBASE Fire Department responded to find 46 and 52 Cavalla Court, two unoccupied, adjacent structures, on fire, according to SUBASE New London. The…

A dog died in a fire in Mystic early Thursday morning that caused major damage to a residence. Police said firefighters responded to 90 Fishtown Road, in the Mystic section of Groton, around 3:06 a.m. Thursday after a resident called 911 and said there was a fire in the kitchen and everyone had evacuated the home.  The home was fully…

A woman died and another person was critically injured after the dirt bike they were on collided with a car in Groton Monday night, according to police. The crash happened just before 9:30 p.m. at the intersection of Long Hill Road and Meridian Street Extension. Police said they received several 911 calls. A group of as many as a dozen…

One person is dead and another has serious injuries after a multivehicle crash in Groton Monday night. Police said they received several 911 calls just before 9:30 p.m. about a crash at the intersection of Long Hill Road and Meridian Street Extension and the initial reports indicated that one person in one of the involved vehicles suffered fatal injuries. Police…