Crime & Safety

Report: DCF Nurse at Middletown Hospital Invoked Sandy Hook Shooting in Alleged Threat

Wallingford resident John Lesick Jr., who's been on leave from his job at Riverview Hospital, is accused of telling a family member he wanted to kill people at work, police said.

 

The Wallingford psychiatric nurse who police said made a comment to a relative about wanting to kill people at his Middletown workplace invoked the massacre of Sandy Hook in his remarks, according to The Hartford Courant.

John A. Lesick Jr., who faces a felony threatening charge after his arrest Feb. 21, has been on leave from his job as a Department of Children and Families nurse at Riverview Hospital since Dec. 3.

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The Courant reported over the weekend that Lesick was scheduled to meet with  the DCF human resources director when he allegedly made a comment to a family member about killing that director.      

Lesick then allegedly told the family member, "there will be more bloodshed and people dead than Sandy Hook,'' the Courant reported, citing a Meriden Superior Court arrest warrant.

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The family member notified police and Wallingford offers arrived on Feb. 21 where they seized weapons from Lesick’s home. He was charged with first-degree threatening and a breach of peace.

Lesick is due back in court on March 13. He remains free on a $10,000 bond.   


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