Groton

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….

Students and parents in Groton, Massachusetts, were shocked to learn a well-respected school resource officer was fired over allegations he’d sexually harassed students and staff. 

Police are looking for a driver who hit and seriously hurt a police dog in Groton, Massachusetts, on Wednesday afternoon. The dog, a black lab named Bane, remained in serious but stable condition on Thursday, when police shared information about incident on Pleasant Street, near Groton police headquarters. Bane was hit about 4:50 p.m. by a vehicle that drove off…

Police have identified the woman who was killed in a crash on the Gold Star Highway in Groton on Friday and a 9-year-old girl is in critical condition while her mom recovers from serious injuries. Dispatchers received several 911 calls about a two-vehicle crash on Gold Star Highway, also known as Route 184, between Buddington Road and Gungywamp Road, around…

Additional lanes of Interstate 95 south have reopened after a fiery tanker crash on the Gold Star Bridge on Friday. State Department of Transportation officials said DOT crews and contractors worked through the night to remove damaged fencing and railing and replace those materials. Additional lanes reopened on the Gold Star Bridge late Saturday morning. The on-ramp from Bridge Street…

A crash and fuel tanker rollover sparked a massive fire and closed Interstate 95 South in Groton at the Gold Star Bridge for hours Friday. State police said there were multiple injuries reported in the incident. Gov. Ned Lamont later said the truck driver died in the crash. He has been identified as 42-year-old Wallace Fauquet III, of Stonington. The…

Six minors were arrested after crashing a stolen SUV in Groton, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning, police said. After escaping police in Shirley on Route 225 around 2 a.m., the SUV sped past a Groton police officer on the road at over 80 mph, according to the Groton Police Department. As the SUV entered the town center, it crashed in the…