New London Board Of Education President Targeted In Hate Crime

NEW LONDON, CT — New London police are investigating following a report of a hate crime incident. Police said "an individual, or individuals, left a vile and threatening notification at the residence of the victim," who is an active member of the city's Board of Education.

Police said they are seeking any video or digital evidence from Jan. 13 from the area of Vauxhall Street near the intersections of Ledyard Street and Briggs Street between 7 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. showing a person or people walking up to a home and leaving an item or engaging in other suspicious activity.

Mayor Michael Passero said in a statement: "It is with disappointment and indignation that we as a community must deal with the sad reality of a recent racist and intimidation event on a leader within our community. The actions in this matter are clearly disgraceful, intolerable and intended to terrorize and dominate...

"The disgraceful actions in this effort to intimidate and harass the Board of Education President, Regina Mosely will fail to achieve the intention of terrorization in this matter. We as a community have come together to defiantly and aggressively embrace and support Regina in this moment of darkness in our community."

Passero said that he is reviewing the incident with other city officials and that he's confident the police will bring the person responsible for the crime to justice.

"City residents please know this does not reflect the values our city," Passero said in the statement. "We are certainly fortunate to have leaders like Regina Mosely who have unselfishly stepped up to leadership roles in our City and I am proud to serve with her. I admire and respect her sacrifice. We must show Regina, that her City appreciates her and we will not tolerate this in our community. We shall stand by her with unwavering resolve more than ever to drive this kind of hate out of our City."

Anyone who has information concerning this incident is encouraged to contact the New London Police Department at 860-447-5269 ext. 0 or anonymous information may be submitted via the New London Tips 411 system by texting NLPDTip plus the information to Tip411 (847411).