They met with local and state leaders to discuss gun control legislation, mental health identification and treatment, and "concerns for the erosion of our societal values such that we are increasingly desensitized to violence, " according to Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra.

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Pitman, of Stirrup Close, had faced 19 charges and pleaded guilty to two charges relating to animal identification for disease control.

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