A 70 year old Newtown music teacher will serve four years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting underage girls. Richard Neal was sentenced in Danbury to 10 years, suspended after four, followed by 15 years’ probation. Neal was arrested twice — first in 2023 after an investigation involving a private lesson student, then again in 2024 after a second victim came forward. As part of a plea deal, he admitted to two counts of second-degree sexual assault. He’s being held at Bridgeport Correctional Center.