Who polices Killingworth
Killingworth has no town police department. It is covered by a resident state trooper assigned from Connecticut State Police Troop F in Westbrook, so arrests here are made by state troopers.
Route 80 runs through the town and carries most of the traffic enforcement. Whether the stop was on that road or a call somewhere else, the paperwork comes from the troop and so does the answer to whether someone is still being held.
Where your case goes
Killingworth cases are prosecuted at Middletown Superior Court, GA 9, a fair distance north of a town that sits closer to the shoreline than to the courthouse. Read the court page on parking and allow for the drive.
Released by the trooper, your date is on the paperwork you were handed. Held, court is the next business day.
After the arrest
After booking you are released on a written promise to appear or on a bond, or held for court the next business day. The date is on your paperwork if you were released. See the arrest page for booking and the bond and bail page for how bonds work.
Do not describe the incident to anyone before you have an attorney, and treat any call from holding as recorded, because it is.
For a family violence arrest, court is the next business day whichever way you were released, and a protective order issues at that appearance. If you disagree with the order, the moment to say so is then. The arraignment page and the what to expect page cover the rest.
Common charges in Killingworth
Route 80 work makes DUI and drug possession the charges GA 9 most often sees from Killingworth. Assault, domestic violence and family violence, and larceny and shoplifting make up the remainder. On a first offense a diversionary program ending in dismissal is usually the goal.