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Youth in Break at Synagogue Sentenced in Connecticut
Robert Whelch known as Bruce Danka, 19, of 153 Spruce Street, was sentenced to an indefinite term in the Connecticut State Reformatory at Cheshire after pleading guilty to breaking and entering. Judge John J. Sullivan ordered commitment during his arraignment in Circuit Court after police found him and two others hiding in the basement of Congregation Roldolph Sholom at Park and Capital Avenues on December 11. Other defendants, John Novak and Ronald C. Neel, were fined for breach of the peace.
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Robert Whelch
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Connecticut State Reformatory
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Whelch
Bruce Danka
Congregation Roldolph Sholom
Park and
Capital Avenues