Norwich

An employee of a business in Norwich was shot outside the establishment early Sunday morning and police are looking for the shooter. Police said officers responded to Broadway around 12:02 a.m. and found a man who works there outside the front door of the establishment. He had been shot in the leg and was taken to  Backus Hospital, then...

A pediatrician in Norwich is accused of slapping a female patient’s butt during an appointment earlier this year and has been arrested. Police said the patient’s mom brought her to Doctor Ravi Prakash on May 2 around 3 p.m. to have a rash examined. During the appointment, the mom said her daughter was apprehensive, but showed the doctor her...

The Norwich Police Department released body cam video Monday from a fight that broke out at an outdoor charity basketball tournament on June 29. “We understand police use of force is very controversial and sometimes use of force like this is needed to bring a situation, a very chaotic scene, into control,” said Norwich Police Chief Patrick Daley. The body…

Norwich police released body-worn camera video from officers who responded to a brawl at Jenkins Park on June 29.

Norwich’s police chief held a news conference Monday to address the police response to a brawl that occurred in Jenkins Park on June 29. Chief Patrick Daley also released several videos from body-warn cameras of officers who responded to the scene. A charity basketball tournament ended in chaos after a fight broke out at the park. Between 10 and 20…

Police are investigating an armed robbery at a bank in Norwich. An employee from Centreville Bank at 40 High St. called 911 on Tuesday and said the bank had just been robbed at gunpoint and the robber fled, police said. Surveillance video from the bank showed a man holding a handgun and demanding money from the bank employee, police said….

“I just seen everybody just starting running to one area and stuff,” said one person describing what happened on Saturday night.  Over the weekend, a charity basketball tournament in Norwich ended in chaos after a fight broke out at Jenkins Park. Between 10 and 20 people, according to Norwich Police, were involved in the brawl that resulted in police response…

Two officers are hospitalized and one person who is accused of attacking police has been arrested after officers responded to a fight at a park in Norwich on Saturday, police said.

Two officers are hospitalized and one person who is accused of attacking police has been arrested after officers responded to a fight at a park in Norwich on Saturday, police said. Police said law enforcement from several departments responded and officers used pepper spray on a crowd that “had grown hostile” toward police. Initially, two Norwich police officers responded to…

A woman has died after being struck by a vehicle near a cemetery in Norwalk on Friday. Dispatchers received a 911 call about a pedestrian being hit by a vehicle near Riverside Cemetery on Riverside Avenue around 9:20 a.m. Emergency crews responded to the area and began providing medical aid to the pedestrian, who police have identified as 59-year-old Kathleen…

We are in a heat wave and Norwich schools will be dismissing students early on Thursday because of the heat. Susan Lessard, the acting superintendent, notified families that Thursday is an early release day for all schools in the district. “The safety and well-being of our students and staff are our utmost priority, and this decision has been made to…

With a heat advisory in place for much of Connecticut through Friday and heat indexes in some parts of the state expected to soar into the low-100s later this week, Norwich Public Utilities is urging its customers to conserve energy over the next few days. NPU issued a power alert Tuesday, saying it expects to see “very high demand”...

A home in Norwich has extensive damage after a fire late Tuesday night. Firefighters responded to a home on Watercress Avenue shortly before midnight. Once at the scene, crews said they found an unoccupied home being consumed by fire on three floors. The fire also reportedly damaged two additional houses. Fire crews had difficulty fighting the fire because of a…

Police said several vehicles were damaged during a shots fired incident in Norwich on Tuesday. Arriving officers found a vehicle with several bullet holes and shell casings on the ground, according to police. They did not find any shooting victims. Witnesses told police one or more suspects took off in a car, but they could not provide a description of…

A multi-family home was riddled with gunfire in Norwich on Monday evening, police said. Officers were called to the area of Cliff and North Cliff streets just before 5:30 p.m. Authorities found evidence of gunfire at the scene. Investigators determined that a building housing multiple families was struck by several rounds. No one was hurt. The investigation remains ongoing and…

Norwich firefighters rescued a driver who went over a retaining wall, then down an embankment and became trapped on Thursday night. It happened on Summit Street just before 10:30 p.m. on Thursday when a vehicle went over a retaining wall from the parking lot of the Summitwoods Apartments, according to the Norwich Fire Department.  To rescue the driver, firefighters...

A man wanted for murder in Norwich was returned to Connecticut Thursday to face charges. Brandon Foster was extradicted from North Carolina, according to police. Foster shot and killed 66-year-old Edward McIntyre in a home on Laurel Hill Drive in June 2020, police said. He was on the run until January 18, 2024, when he was captured in Charlotte, North…

Police have identified the man a fisherman found dead in the Yantic River in Norwich on Wednesday as 26-year-old Daniel Busby, of Norwich. A dive team responded to the river just before 4:30 p.m. in the area of the Norwichtown Commons. Responding officers found Busby in the river at the base of the Route 2 overpass near Town Street. The…

Norwich police are looking for a group of people accused of stealing a large sum of money from an ATM in town. Authorities said the theft happened at Eastern Savings Bank on West Main Street on Sunday morning. Police said multiple people drove up to the drive-thru ATM and used hand tools to pry the machine open. The thieves drove…

The job market in southeastern Connecticut is growing. In fact, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Norwich-New London region has the fastest growing job market in the state and the second fastest across New England. Lawmakers say fueling this growth is the Manufacturing Pipeline Initiative. The federally funded program launched in 2016 and has helped more than…