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Jury Convicts Man Of 1st-Degree Murder In Aliquippa Drug-Deal Robbery Case

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BEAVER, Pa. (AP) - Jurors in western Pennsylvania who earlier reported a deadlock have convicted a man of first- and second-degree murder and robbery in what prosecutors call a drug deal robbery that claimed two lives.

The panel reached a verdict after resuming deliberations Monday in the trial of 19-year-old Lawrence Reddick Jr. in the 2016 deaths of 18-year-old Dane Mathesius and 16-year-old William Booher in Aliquippa.

Jurors reported an 11-to-1 deadlock Friday, saying one juror was "not following the definition of reasonable doubt," but resumed deliberations after the definition was read to them.

The cases of two defendants have been adjudicated.

Nineteen-year-old Ronald Foster was convicted of third-degree murder and sentenced to 34 to 70 years. Nineteen-year-old Deontae Jones said during testimony that he awaits sentencing on a juvenile court robbery conspiracy plea.

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