So they held a 5k race honoring a slain Sandy Hook teacher

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STRATFORD - A self-proclaimed “truther” was arrested after police said he tried to disrupt the Vicki Soto 5K race. Matthew Mills, 32, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was charged Saturday with interfering with police and second-degree breach of peace. He was released after posting $2,500 bond.

Soto, who lived in Stratford, has been hailed as a hero, after police said she was killed while protecting her first-grade students from gunman Adam Lanza at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012. Hundreds were attending the third-annual race to raise money for educational scholarships in Soto’s name. Police said Mills approached Vicki’s Soto’s younger sister, Jillian. They said Mills shoved a photograph in the younger Soto’s face and began angrily charging that not only did the Sandy Hook tragedy not take place, but that Vicki Soto never existed.

Police said the photo was of the Soto family, including Vicki Soto, sitting on a seawall in Stratford. Jillian Soto became very upset at Mills’ actions and repeatedly asked him to leave her alone, but he persisted until officers arrived, police said. He then ran off, police said, and was captured following a short foot chase with officers on Main Street. Police said both Jillian Soto and her younger sister were shaken up and crying from the confrontation with Mills.

Mills was arrested last year after police said he sneaked into a pre-Super bowl press conference.

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