Who polices Voluntown
Voluntown has no municipal police department. Coverage comes from Connecticut State Police Troop E, so every arrest here is a state police arrest.
Route 138 runs through the town to the Rhode Island line, and the line is the thing worth understanding. Which side of it you were on when the arrest happened decides which state prosecutes you, not where you live or where you were going. A Voluntown arrest is a Connecticut case under Connecticut law, however short the distance to the border.
Where your case goes
Voluntown cases are prosecuted at Norwich Superior Court, GA 21, a real drive west at 1 Courthouse Square. If you live over the line in Rhode Island, that is the courthouse you are coming to, and a Rhode Island attorney cannot appear for you here.
Released, your date is on the paperwork you were given. Held, court is the next business day.
After the arrest
Troopers either release you on a written promise to appear or after a bond, or hold you for court the next business day. If you live over the line, being released does not end anything: the date on your paperwork is a Connecticut court date and it binds you. The arrest page and the bond and bail page cover booking and the bond.
Do not explain the incident to anyone before you have a Connecticut attorney, and treat holding calls as recorded.
A family violence arrest goes to court the next business day regardless, with a protective order issued at that appearance, which can bar you from a home in another state as readily as one here. The arraignment page covers the date; the what to expect page covers the case.
Common charges in Voluntown
The Voluntown docket at GA 21 is one of the smallest in the court, led by DUI and drug possession out of Route 138 traffic, with assault, domestic violence and family violence, and larceny and shoplifting appearing less often. For anyone who lives out of state, a diversionary program ending in dismissal is worth asking about early, because a Connecticut conviction shows on background checks wherever you live.