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MONTVILLE, Conn. (WTNH) - A substitute teacher at Montville High School is facing charges after allegedly holding a "fight club" in a classroom during school hours. Police arrested 23-year-old Ryan Fish of Bozrah on Thursday following an investigation that began in Dec., 2017. Officials say Fish, the substitute math teacher who was an employee of the Montville Board of Education, supervised the fights that occurred in Oct., 2017. The fights are detailed in an arrest warrant. The students were 16, 15, and 14-years-old, and they were unevenly matched in what were slap fights across the face and head. The warrant...

MONTVILLE, N.J. — A New Jersey high school student has been suspended for organizing a contest in which boys voted on the school's best-looking girls in a bracket modeled on the NCAA basketball tournament. Mike Butrym, of Towaco, says he was continuing a Montville High School tradition and believes his five-day suspension is too harsh. The contest was called "May Madness." Teenage boys chose 16 female students from each grade. Each day, they paired off the girls and judged them on their appearance. Winners advanced to the next round.

A 71-year-old grandfather arrested in a major drug sweep a year ago faces at least five years behind bars after admitting yesterday that he distributed cocaine. Montville resident George DelVecchio, described by Morris County Prosecutor Robert A. Bianchi as a major distributor, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute. The grandfather of four could be sentenced to up to 10 years in state prison under his plea deal. "While it is unfortunate that a person of the defendant's age will be incarcerated for this length of time, it is also equally unfortunate that he made a...

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