State Police Name New Commander at Troop C in Tolland

On the wall of Lt. Samuel F. Izzarelli Jr.’s new office hangs a picture of the serious-faced graduates of the Connecticut State Police Academy’s 96th Training Troop.

Izzarelli, now 48, who was recently named commander of Troop C, is among the freshly minted troopers standing at attention on June 17, 1987 ready to begin their careers in the Connecticut State Police.

Also standing proudly in the photo is his friend, Trooper Russell Bagshaw, who would be shot to death in the early morning darkness of June 5, 1991, in an ambush as he investigated a suspicious car parked outside a gun shop in North Windham.

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