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BARRICADED MAN IN CUSTODY A  Groton City man who barricaded himself inside his Flemming Court home early this  morning is being held on 60-thousand dollars bond.  Police say they responded to the residence around 5:20 AM to find 52-year old Robert Patterson saying he wanted-quote-death by cop.  Police say his estranged girlfriend told them he was heavily armed, and acting very unstable.  Neighbors were evacuated, and others were told to shelter-in-place, while negotiations were going on.    The post FRIDAY EVENING UPDATE appeared first on 98.7 WNLC.More »

BARRICADED MAN FORCES STREET CLOSURES Police in the City of Groton told people to shelter in place as they shut down a street for a barricaded man.  WFSB-TV reports the man barricaded himself in a home on Mitchell Street around 4 a.m. today.  A routine welfare check disintegrated for some unknown reason.  Mitchell is closed at Meridian Street and Poquonnock Road.  Other roads in the surrounding area are also closed.  Police evacuated residents of Flemming Court.    The post FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE appeared first on 98.7 WNLC.More »

ROWLAND GETTING OUT HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Former Connecticut Governor John Rowland,  who was twice convicted on felony charges, is scheduled to be released from federal custody. The Federal Bureau of Prisons says Rowland will be released from a halfway house Sunday, nearly a year early from his 30-month sentence. The 61-year-old Republican had been transferred to the halfway house from a prison camp in Pennsylvania. Federal officials previously declined to explain Rowland’s early release,   The post THURSDAY EVENING UPDATE appeared first on 98.7 WNLC.More »