Crime & Safety
Police: Glastonbury Teen Charged in Connection with Fatal Crash
A local 17-year-old girl was arrested on charges of allowing minors to possess alcohol.
While police continue to investigate a fatal one-car crash that killed local GHS senior Elisabeth Modlesky, officers charged another local 17-year-old with two counts of allowing minors to possess alcohol.
On Friday police charged a Glastonbury 17-year-old with two (2) counts of permitting to possess alcohol in connection with an investigation into the crash that killed Modlesky.
Modlesky, a lacrosse star who would have been a GHS senior in the fall, was killed after crashing an SUV she was driving into a tree on Woodhaven Road at 5:30 a.m. on July 14, according to police.
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Officers concluded that the 17-year-old female, whose identity was not released,
Had hosted two parties in the nights prior to Modlesky’s accident where minors were consuming alcoholic beverages.
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The property owners were not present for either of the alleged parties. Police are still investigating the incidents.
The 17-year-old is due in juvenile court on Aug. 20.
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