Griswold

The man found guilty of a gruesome murder in Griswold in 2017 has filed an appeal with the Connecticut Supreme Court. Sergio Correa is hoping for a new trial over the seizure of his cell phone and the use of evidence from it.

A man was arrested for assault in connection with a crash that left a baby dead in Killingly last year, police said. Eric Leblanc, 25, allegedly rear-ended another car that was being driven by a woman who was pregnant on Feb. 26, 2024. It happened on Route 12. An arrest warrant says Leblanc passed another car in a no-pass zone….

A man has been arrested in connection to a deadly motorcycle crash that happened in Griswold last year. State police said 27-year-old Tyler Griggs, of Norwich, was arrested on negligent homicide charges Wednesday after a crash on Hopeville Road in June 2024. A motorcyclist, identified as 55-year-old Sean Patrick McGloin, of Jewett City, sustained serious injuries after colliding with a…

A man has been arrested after lunging at a friend with a knife and stabbing him during an argument in Griswold on Wednesday night. State police said they responded to a home on Main Street for a reported stabbing incident just before 6:15 p.m. Troopers learned that a man was reportedly threatened by a friend, who was intoxicated. Authorities said…

A person is injured after a car crashed into a construction vehicle on Interstate 395 South in Griswold on Friday. Fire officials said the collision happened near exit 24 on I-395 South. One person sustained injuries in the crash, which involved an attenuator truck. The extent is unknown. The scene has since been cleared. No additional information was immediately available.

A 78-year-old woman has died after she was struck in Jewett City by a driver who state police said went off the road and hit a sign before hitting her, then crashing into a building and two vehicles. The driver of a BMW was heading north on Main Street in Griswold around 3:44 p.m. Thursday when he crossed over to…

As shelters reach capacity across the state, All Paws On Deck in Griswold provides homes and medical care for pregnant dogs and their puppies.

A truck driver was killed in a crash on Interstate 395 in Griswold Thursday morning. Timothy Murray, 42, of Ashby, Massachusetts, was driving a Freightliner utility truck on I-395 South just after 8:30 a.m., when the truck went into the shoulder and hit a guardrail before rolled over and went down an embankment, according to state police. Murray was pronounced…

This year, Buttonwood Farm in Griswold is celebrating the 21st annual “Sunflowers for Wishes” with the Make a Wish Foundation of Connecticut.

A sunflower farm is making wishes come true. This year, Buttonwood Farm in Griswold is celebrating the 21st annual “Sunflowers for Wishes” with the Make a Wish Foundation of Connecticut. “It’s really cool because you get to just wander. And there are just rows and rows and rows, and you just get to pick any one you like,” said...

State police have arrested a Rhode Island man who is accused of driving under the influence and causing a head-on crash in Griswold last year that killed a 73-year-old man. Cody Moorehead, 30, of Hope Valley, Rhode Island, has been charged in connection with a crash on Route 138 in Griswold on June 26, 2023 that killed 73-year-old Zenon Zawadzki,…

Interstate 395 South has reopened in Griswold Friday after a vehicle fire briefly closed the highway between exits 24 and 22, according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation. No further information is known about the incident at this time.

A man who is accused of causing a crash in Griswold that killed a 96-year-old woman over the weekend has been arrested and he is being held on $1.5 million.

A man who is accused of causing a crash in Griswold that killed a 96-year-old woman over the weekend has been arrested and he is being held on $1.5 million. When state police responded to the intersection of Taylor Hill Road and Oakville Road in Griswold around 4:46 p.m. Sunday, they found an abandoned gold Audi with front-end damage and…

A motorcyclist has serious injuries after colliding with a pickup truck in Griswold on Saturday. State police said a 55-year-old man from Jewett City was driving his motorcycle southbound on Hopeville Road near a driveway in the 1000 block of the street around 12:30 p.m. At the same time, a man driving a Nissan Titan was stopped at the top…

A 55-year-old Voluntown man has serious injuries after a crash in Griswold on Tuesday night. State police said the two-vehicle crash happened on Route 138, near Arthur’s Way, around 8:20 p.m. when a Ford F-250 heading west veered into the eastbound lane and struck a Hyundai Elantra, sending it toward the shoulder where it hit a mailbox. The driver of…

State police have filed more charges against a man who is suspected of hitting and killing a woman in Griswold in September and then leaving the scene. Kandi Fortuna, 50, was crossing the street to get dinner at a pizza restaurant on North Main Street in the Jewett City borough of Griswold just before 8 p.m. on Sept. 22 when…

A Connecticut man is facing charges for allegedly impersonating a police officer and assaulting a woman at a hotel in Griswold. State police said they responded to the Comfort Inn on Voluntown Road after a person reported that a man forced his way into a hotel room. The man, Jonathan Brand, 45, of New London, is accused of banging on…

A man and two women have been arrested for alleged sex crimes at a Jewett City massage parlor, according to state police. Troopers said they’ve been investigating alleged prostitution activity at Jewett City Massage Therapy on School Street. Authorities received several complaints from civilians regarding the activity at the business, located in the Jewett City section of Griswold. Detectives...

State police have arrested the driver they say hit and killed a woman in Griswold last Friday. Troopers responded to the area of Route 12 and Green Avenue just before 8 p.m. that night and found 50-year-old Kandi Fortuna seriously injured. She was taken to William Backus Hospital where she later died. According to state police, investigators quickly identified a…