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A HanrhpHlpr MpralJ) Saturday, March 10, 1990 Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm Newsstand Price: 35 Cents - n ■ ^ ' ' O n — m -■S- A"' O o DO H - < m ^ v-'s-r-, ■ r - 3 3 O O O T 1 M l m r n O) O O m z o > > 1“ 33 03 J3 > > Banks mirror harder times in the region New England institutions heginaid l^iniov'Mancheslef MofaJo feel economic crunch.. .page 2 PICK-UP HOOP — Steven Stopp, 7, and Jonathan Sparks, 10, didn’t have a 1 regulation basketball, but they didn’t let that stop them from improvising. The boys, both from Eldridge Street, rode their bikes to Charter Oak Park Friday and played both basketball and soccer. ^ 9 9 0 'if B u sin e ss 15 O p in io n 16 C la s s ifie d 3 3 3 9 P e o p le 14 y C om ics 2 8 29 R e lig io n 18 <• Focus 17 32 Senior Citizens 20 z* L o c a l/b U Io 6 10 S p o rts 4 0 4 8 ’..ilioaVvbfId 1115 T e le visio n 21 2 7 r i O b itu a rie s 10 W ia th e r 4 k* . |Plttsbur(^ S T ’ l; M AA LOCAL/STATE Accused accuser’s tale doubted By Dianna M. Talbot batehes of letters. cluding complaints that Reichardt was cither speeding or Manchester Herald He noticed that of the letters reported from June 13 to spinning his tires in front of her house and trying to run 22, most were written in a block or scribbled type of let her over with his car. In those instances, police charged A Manchester woman’s claims that a former teen-age tering similar to the first two threatening letters that Kel Reichardt with reckless endangerment, reckless driving > ^ r ’ • neighbor harassed her were doubted by a police detective ley admitted to writing during the later period, police and tampering with a witness. 1" »' % ' ■ about nine months after the case began, an arrest-warrant said. R)ur of her complaints landed Reichardt in jail for a - ^ ’ -» .”5^ ^ application indicates. In two of the letters reported on June 14 and 15, the total of 19 days for violation of parole. l5*.i . - p » * * 1* : * '^ . 1^ It was June 1989, and Nancy Kelley, 36, of 66 Joan word “know” was mis.spciled as “no.” This coincided In a telephone convcr.sation Friday, Kelley said only ■^ ' ‘ - V-'‘V'fi'C* Circle — arrested Thursday night on charges of fabricat with two threatening letters that Kelley had admitted to that there is more to the ca.se than what meets the eye. ing evidence that landed the now-20-ycar-old man in jail writing and that were reported on December 18 and 19. Her husband, Joe, said his wife admitted to fabricating for more than two weeks — was complaining that the In addition, the longhand writing in a threatening letter some letters because “.she was under a lot of stress and man was sending her threatening letters. reported on June 22 had specific characteri.stics of Kel very fearful at the time.” He declined further comment. The man, Christopher Reichardt, who used to live ley’s handwriting. A neighbor of Kelley’s who asked to remain across the street from Kelley but now lives in Colchester, -According to the arrest application, police think she anonymous said, ”... I didn’t know how .serious the was on probation at the time because of a September might have fabricated previous harassment reports, in situation had gotten. Now I don’t know what to think.” 1988 incident. In that ca.se, Kelley gave police a sworn ,y r > ' ' „ statement identifying his voice as the maker of obscene phone calls to her. • But Detective Paul R. Lombardo said he noticed some thing fishy about the letters Kelley showed him. “The threatening letters that Nancy Kelley reported to the police contained information which .suggested Reichardt was following Mrs. Kelley’s every move,” the THANK detective said in the arrest application. “It did not seem probable that Christopher Reichardt could have had ac A VOLUNTEER TODAY cess to such detailed information about Mrs. Kelley, as he was at that time living and working in Colchester, Dedicated volunteers deserve special recognition Conn.” for their community service. You can say thank Reichardt has denied most of the charges. His attorney, Kimball Hunt, said he advi.scd his client you by nominating them for the to plead guilty to one harassment charge in May, becau.se the charges against him were mounting and the teen-ager was starting to fall apart emotionally. He was placed on probation, and ordered not to deal with Kelley. Now, according to the arrest-warrant application, police suspect Kelley fabricated many complaints against Reichardt since the ca.se began in September 1988. Prlice cited the following: On May 23, 1989, Kelley complained to police that Reichardt was violating his probation. She provided Lombardo with a handwritten account of the violations. JC Penney Later complaints from Kelley involved two scries of G o l d l n -R u i t threatening letters, allegedly from Reichardt. The first AWARD scries of seven letters was reported from-June 13, 1989 through June 22, 1989. The second, involving nine let given to individuals or groups and youths for outstanding Reginaid Pinto/Manchoster Herald ters, was reported to have occurred from November 22, volunteer service. 1989 through January 19, 1990. CIRCLE GAME — Steven Stopp, 7, of 44 Eldridge St., and Jonathan Sparks, 10, of 33 Eldridge St., combined However, during the course of an interview at. police ThcJCrciimy (inle/cii Rule Airanl ri-iof’iiizi'S tnui rm ninb tU' self soccer with basketball Friday at Charter Oak Park. headquarters on January 24, 1990, Kelley confessed that she was responsible for fabricating the second scries of k\s ii'ork of iKilitulcers in lunimnnities nemss Anurica It Ls threatening letters and falsely reporting them to police. (nrjawes Cusl) I’cnniy's first store, ctdlecl "TIh‘ tiolden Rule," tiH eh j ^ She said she had intended to provide a basis for having u iLs estiihlLsIxd in Keninurir. U 't»), in I^X)J And it is Ixisid on .Mr Town Hall expansion plan Reichardt convicted and sent to prison, Lombardo said. Although Kelley denied any responsibility for the first I’enney's own dedietition to service - first in hiLsini>ss, tlx-n in OPENING SOON batch, she admitted during the interview to writing a decades o f lihikintlrrofr\‘ and fxTsonal senice to many causis. threatening letter reported on June 22, 1989, he said. She needs parking focus: Buckno later recanted that admission. J ^ o m b a r d i ' s (formerly West Side Tiivern) However, Lpmbardo began to compare the two Nominate a friend. A group. Yourself. By Rick Santos said. “We want to avoid all stumbling block- 331 Center Street s." Manchester Herald However, even if plarmers develop a way Indian village noted The winners will be selected from arrxsng your nominations by a panel of involved citizens and community leaders. The winners will receive: to avoid such actions, she said she is not con Pizza, Pasta and More HARTFORD (AP) — An Indian village in Soulhbury The Town Hall Subcommittee of the Board fident it would be accepted. ~ of Directors will try to develop a town hall and 500 Bridgeport buildings made during World War I “There will always be the naysayers. It’s a have been recommended for inclusion in the National ▲ A specialty commissioned bronze sculpture that symbolizes the spirit of ^ expansion plan that will provide enough park fact you have to face,’’ Buckno said. “They’re New York Style Brick oven Pizza ing — without tearing down the Lincoln Cen- Register of Historic Places. volunteerism. always the same people. My concern is these The Connecticut Historic Preservation Board made the 2 ter nor buying properties north of it, accord- pxtoplc would defeat any good proposal we at affordable prices g ing to Deputy Mayor Susan Buckno, subcom- Fine Italian Cuisine recommendations Thursday. Acceptance on the register A A contribution of $1,000 to his or her organization. can come up with.” stamps historical significance to the sites, makes them n mittec chairwoman. As proof that the contingent to preserve the X The subcommittee has scheduled a meeting eligible for federal grants and helps protect them from A An opportunity to compete for the National Golden Rule Award, which m Licoln Center is not a fair sampling of the demolition. TO ^ for 3 p.m. Monday in the Lincoln Center gold citizens, Buckno said she has received several 645-0303 carries an additional contribution of $5000 and $10,000 to the winning > The board unanimously nominated the former r ^ room. telephone calls since the meeting from pjcople volunteer’s organization. 3 Buckno, who personally favored the plan Pootatuck Indian village in Southbury. The site, which is a advising her to continue considering tearing considered sacred to Indians, is thought to contain such for creating parking by razing the Lincoln the building down. Nomination forms are available where you volunteer and at the catalog desks 3 Center, said she would oppose that proposal artifacts as tools, beads, smoking pipes, pottery and uten “I wish those were the p>cople that would sils used by the Fbotatuck Indians, an offshoot of the of local JCPenney stores. < or buying land next to the building because of come to the meeting,” she said. $ 1.00 I^ugussett Nation.