State police have arrested a suspect in the murder of a North Stonington man in April.
James Armstrong, 30, of New London, has been arrested and charged with the murder of 31-year-old Ralph Sebastian Sidberry, of North Stonington.
State troopers responded to 628 Lantern Hill Road at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12 to investigate a shooting and found Sidberry, a resident of the residence. He was transported to the hospital and died sometime later, according to police.
According to his obituary, Sidberry was a member of the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation and he and his wife were expecting their second child, a baby girl, when he died.
Police said they obtained a warrant charging Armstrong with murder and learned he had left Connecticut and was possibly at the Army National Guard Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, so they contacted military police and advised them of the warrant.
Armstrong was then detained until the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office took him into custody, charging him as a fugitive from justice.
Armstrong refused to waive extradition and Connecticut, so detectives applied for a governor’s warrant and state police flew to Missouri and took him into custody on Sept.15.
Bond was set at $2 million. State police said the arrest warrant is sealed.
