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Ex-Newtown teacher asks for probation in gun case

A former Newtown teacher accused of carrying a loaded pistol in school is asking a state judge to allow him into a probation program that could result in the charges being erased. Jason Adams is scheduled

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Aug 14, 2016, 9:31 PM

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