New London ― Tammy De La Cruz of Groton, co-founder of drug and alcohol addiction nonprofit Community Speaks Out, has seen a lot of heartbreak in her life.
In 2016, her son, Joey Gingerella, interveni.
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Groton Police have charged a Groton woman who fatally struck a man with her car while he was walking from his job at the Electric Boat shipyard in Groton one night in April, authorities said.
Carrie Malarkey, 38, of 46 Nichols Ave. was charged Tuesday with second-degree manslaughter, reckless driving and insufficient insurance, according to the City of Groton Police Department.
Just after 10 p.m. April 21, 2020, Malarkey was driving her 2012 Ford Focus on Eastern Point Road when she struck 60-year-old Ralph Lopardo of Waterford as he was crossing the street in the crosswalk after finishing his shift at EB, according to police.
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An Old Lyme man charged in connection with a hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of 19-year-old pedestrian Yeison Jayson Gomez Cruz in 2017 has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, suspended after 2½ years served, with three years of probation.
Daniel J. Coffee, 38, was sentenced before Judge Hunchu Kwak in New London Superior Court on Dec. 14 after pleading no contest to evading responsibility for leaving the scene of the accident that took place on a stormy October night three years ago.
Coffee, who had rejected an earlier plea offer and appeared to be headed for trial, in October accepted an offer from prosecutor Rafael Bustamante that called for the sentence of 10 years in prison, suspended after three years served, followed by three years of probation. His sentence was reduced and carried out by Judge Kwak on Monday. Coffee was taken into custody and brought to Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center to begin his sentence.