Figure in Groton pub slaying faces additional charges

Woman charged with hindering prosecution in Gingerella killing

State’s attorneys filed additional charges Monday as jury selection began in New London Superior Court in the case of Latoya S. Knight, the woman at the center of the Dec. 11, 2016, shooting death of Joey Gingerella at Ryan’s Pub in Groton.

Gingerella had been fatally shot by Dante Hughes when Gingerella attempted to stop Hughes from beating his longtime live-in companion, Knight, in the parking lot of the Poquonnock Road pub, according to court testimony and documents.

The state alleges Knight provided Groton Town Police with misleading information after the shooting and hindered them as they attempted to identify and locate the shooter.

Her trial is scheduled to begin Wednesday, Sept. 4, before a jury of six regular members and two alternates in the courtroom of Judge Barbara Bailey Jongbloed.

The 36-year-old mother of six from Groton initially had been charged with a single count of interfering with police, a misdemeanor offense punishable by up to a year in prison. Called to the witness stand at Hughes’ trial in the summer of 2018, Knight insisted she was drunk that night and didn’t remember the details of the crime.

Hughes was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 45 years in prison.

Everett, Mass. (AP) — Police say several people face charges following a series of fights and disturbances at the new Encore Boston Harbor casino.

State police spokesman David Procopio said that members of the Gaming Enforcement Unit, including state troopers and Everett police officers, were called in to quell the disturbances, the first of which began around 2 a.m. Monday as a crowd was leaving a nightclub within the casino.

Procopio says two other fights broke out within the next half hour, one in the main lobby of the hotel and another on the gambling floor.

In addition to two arrests at the scene, Procopio says a third man was taken into custody.