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Sunday, March 3, 2013

The Week in RI: Bus Murder, Sex Scandal, A Heartfelt Remembrance

Miss anything that happened this week? Check out these top headlines from around Rhode Island.

Sunday, Feb. 24 A teacher from Cranston was charged with interference and suspended from the Providence School Department after authorities allegedly found him in Miami Beach, FL, with a 15-year-old boy who had been reported missing in Rhode Island. The boy reportedly told police David Jones, 56, of Cranston, wanted to have a sexual relationship with him. Monday, Feb. 25 Cranston Police and crime scene investigators rushed to the Cranston Housing Authority's hi-rise at 85 Briggs St. Monday after a man died from a fall from the 13th floor, according to reports.   Tuesday, Feb. 26 Rev. Monsignor John Allard of St. Agatha and Precious Blood Parishes in Woonsocket has resigned after an allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor. He has …

Thursday, February 28, 2013

30 Years Later, Todd Morsilli's Parents Still Grieve

The 13-year-old boy was killed when a drunk 17-year-old EGHS student hit him while he was walking on First Avenue in the middle of the day.

Richard Morsilli can't speak. He's in the middle of a story about his son Todd and he stops mid-sentence, caught up by the raw emotion his words recall.  Thirty years ago last week, 13-year-old Todd Morsilli was walking with his cousin on First Avenue just past the split with Division Street when a high school junior hit him while driving west on First Avenue. Todd was thrown up onto a snowbank. He was declared dead before his parents were able to get to the hospital. "They took you in a room and they told you Todd was hit by a car and he didn’t make it," says Carol Morsilli, Todd's mother. The driver, a 17-year-old East Greenwich High School student, kept driving, finally coming to a stop after she turned left onto Howland Drive and hit …

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8:40 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013

I remember this day vividly. I always think of Todd on this day because on the same day my grandmother died. When I called a friend to talk to her about it, she told me about Todd. I still remember right where I was sitting in my house. I was a classmate of David and also knew Lisa through my our mutual friend Chrissy. A friend and I were just talking about this the other night and I still get …   more ›

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