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More Students Come Forward In NJ Drama Teacher’s Child Sex Case, Total Reaches Six More Students Come Forward In NJ Drama Teacher’s Child Sex Case, Total Reaches Six
More Students Come Forward In NJ Drama Teacher’s Child Sex Case, Total Reaches Six UPDATE: Five more male students have come forward since a retired drama teacher and theater director at a New Jersey middle school was accused last year of sexually abusing another youngster, authorities announced. Ronald E. Wells, 70, of Summit originally was arrested in June 2021 for allegedly fondling a student after luring him to a private third-floor room at the Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School in 2016, authorities said at the time (SEE: Retired Union County Middle School Theater Director Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Student). A joint investigation by Summit police and detectiv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Retired Union County Middle School Theater Director Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Student Retired Union County Middle School Theater Director Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Student
Retired Union County Middle School Theater Director Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Student A retired Union County middle school teacher and theater director was charged with sexually assaulting a student while on school grounds several years ago. Ronald Wells, 69, asked the alleged victim to join him after school to model costumes for a school play and, between costume changes, began touching the student in a sexual manner, according to Special Victims Unit Supervisor and Assistant Prosecutor Caroline Lawlor, who is prosecuting the case. The incident occurred in a third-floor room of the Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School in 2016, Lawlor said. Wells, a Summit resident,…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Swastika Found At Summit Middle School Swastika Found At Summit Middle School
Swastika Found At Summit Middle School School officials in Summit have renewed efforts to encourage tolerance among the students as authorities try to determine who is placing swastikas on school property.  In the latest incident, the graffiti was discovered a few weeks ago in the stall of the girls restroom at Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School. The swastika was about the size of a silver dollar, a city spokeswoman said Friday.  The small size and the location of the graffiti make it difficult to catch the ones responsible in the act, so officials are largely reliant on students coming forward, Chief of Police Rob…

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by Paul Milo