Crime & Safety

Sandy Hook Truther Denied Accelerated Rehab

Matthew Mills could potentially take his case to trial.

Editor’s note: We previously ran this story, but here it is again in case you missed it.

A Superior Court judge denied Matthew Mills accelerated rehab in a case stemming from his arrest at the Vicki Soto 5k.

Police said Mills shoved a photograph of Vicki Soto, a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, in her sister’s face at the November charity run and said the whole thing was a lie.

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Mills lawyer James Hardy II said in court a his client is unlikely to offend again and that his wife has given him an ultimatum now that they have a child on the way, according to the News-Times.

Assistant State’s Attorney Craig Nowak said that Mills history shows he is likely to re-offend. Mills yelled that the 9/11 terror attacks weren’t real at a post-game Super Bowl interview at Met Life Stadium.

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Victoria Soto was one 26 people killed during the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December 2012. Six educators and 20 children died during the massacre. Soto has been credited with protecting her students during the incident.

The race is held annually to raise money for the Vicki Soto Memorial Fund. Soto died during the December 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting.

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