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CT Teacher Accused Of Inappropriately Touching Students CT Teacher Accused Of Inappropriately Touching Students
CT Teacher Accused Of Inappropriately Touching Students A Connecticut middle school teacher has been charged with inappropriately touching students and making comments, An investigation began in February in Hartford Couty after three students reported that a Manchester school teacher was making comments and touching the students. The students of Illing Middle School said that the teacher, 58-year-old Floyd Gray of Hartford, touched them inappropriately and made comments while in class. All three students reported that Gray was their teacher, said Lt. Nick Reinert of the Manchester Police. Reinert said the students stated they were not in t…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
CT Teacher Saves Disabled Man From Burning Van CT Teacher Saves Disabled Man From Burning Van
CT Teacher Saves Disabled Man From Burning Van A Connecticut teacher saved the life of a disabled man by pulling him from a van engulfed in flames. The incident took place in Hartford County on I-384 in Manchester on Thursday, Feb. 23, said Manchester Fire Rescue/EMS on Facebook. Heather Sica Leonard, a middle school teacher at Illing Middle School in Manchester, happened to be driving down the ramp at the same time the driver of the van, who uses a wheelchair, smelled smoke and found that his dashboard was on fire, fire officials said. Suddenly finding himself in a burning van, John, last name not provided, stopped on the side of the …

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by Kathy Reakes
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14-Year-Old Charged With Murder In Strangulation Of 13-Year-Old CT Girl 14-Year-Old Charged With Murder In Strangulation Of 13-Year-Old CT Girl
14-Year-Old Charged With Murder In Strangulation Of 13-Year-Old CT Girl A 14-year-old Connecticut resident has been charged with murder and sexual assault in the June murder of a 13-year-old girl. Hartford County resident Tristen Martin, of Manchester, was arrested on Friday, Nov. 12, following a five-month investigation into the death of Zaniya Wright of Manchester. According to Lieutenant Ryan Shea, of the Manchester Police Department, Wright, a seventh-grade student at Illing Middle school, was discovered on Friday, June, 18, around 8:40 a.m. in a common area of the basement of the South Adams Apartment Complex.  An autopsy ruled her death a …

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by Kathy Reakes