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"The sense of loss is a major driver for recruitment," explains Dr. Emily Bashah

James Armstrong, the man charged with murder in the 2017 shooting death of his cousin Ralph Sebastian Sidberry, was recently released into a voluntary state psychiatric treatment program and could so...

The 28-year-old Norwich man appeared in court Thursday after undergoing a psychiatric competency evaluation by the Office of Forensic Evaluations in Norwich.

The 28-year-old Norwich man appeared in court Thursday after undergoing a psychiatric competency evaluation by the Office of Forensic Evaluations in Norwich.

NEW LONDON -  The trial of a 20-year-old Uncasville man accused of stabbing his grandparents to death in 2019 has been formally set down to begin in early June in New London, one of the first such proceedings to take place locally in more than a year. A three-judge panel will preside over the trial of Marcus Fisher beginning June 7, according to the office of New London Superior Court Judge Hillary Strackbein. The court’s criminal court office had the trial set to last through June 8. Judge...

NEW LONDON -  A New London Superior Court judge on Tuesday set a tentative June trial date for a 20-year-old Uncasville man accused of stabbing his grandparents to death in 2019. Judge Hillary Strackbein noted the June 22 date for Marcus Fisher was contingent on whether the state will by that point be ready to resume trials after pausing such proceedings last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Fisher’s public defender Kevin Barrs also warned his client, who viewed the proceedings remotely, th...