State police said David J. Carnein “was traveling recklessly after eluding police” and driving at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his 2001 Triumph TT600 on Lebanon Avenue.
Scott Whipple, who is charged with manslaughter in the 2023 death of 24-year-old Tiara Wheeler, rejected a 7-year prison sentence offered by prosecutors on Friday.
State and local police are investigating reports of shots fired in New London and Ledyard on Friday, as well as reports of a man with a gun in Norwich.
State police on Wednesday arrested a 42-year-old corrections officer on charges he used excessive force against an inmate at Corrigan Correctional Center in Montville last year.
George Dodson, who police said bludgeoned his wife to death and set fire to their home with his 13-month-old son inside, faces up to 50 years in prison if he accepts a plea deal.
A Hartford man, whose assault led to the death of a Bridgeport man outside a Stonington Institute facility in Groton earlier this year, will serve five years in prison.