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Jumping for a cause - The Almanac

Some Bethel Park High School students will dive into icy water next weekend, all in the name of friendship. The Best Buddies Club at Bethel Park High School will participate in the Polar Plunge Special Olympics Pa. Fundraiser Feb. 23 at Acrisure Stadium. “Everyone gets their chance to jump into an ice cold pool for […]

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Bethel Park celebrates life of beloved teacher

Few if any tears were shed July 23 during a Celebration of Life event for Johnathan David Gentile. The 38-year-old Bethel Park High School social studies teacher, who died while

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Brookdale student murder trial: Garajau says misconduct derailed trial


FREEHOLD - About six weeks after a Monmouth County jury convicted Brookdale Community College honors student Raquel Garajau in the murder of her pot dealer, an alternate juror came forward with allegations of juror misconduct.
“I believe that (defendant) did not receive a fair and impartial trial by fair and impartial jurors,  the alternate juror wrote in an email to Superior Court Judge Joseph W. Oxley, who presided over Garajau’s 2018 trial.
That information was revealed Tuesday in a decision by appellate judges rejecting Garajau’s appeal of her conviction in the murder of marijuana dealer Trupal Patel.
The appellate judges, upholding Garajau’s conviction, dismissed her claim of juror misconduct as well as 10 other arguments seeking a new trial.

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