Tag: Temple University
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Expert on adolescent brain to testify in rock-throwing trial
One of the country’s leading psychological experts on the maturity of the adolescent brain will be allowed to testify in the upcoming trial of a man accused of throwing the rock that killed Alexa Bartell. First Judicial District Judge Christopher Zenicek denied the prosecution’s motion to exclude the testimony of Dr. Laurence Steinberg saying it…
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Son of RTD police chief killed in line of duty in Philadelphia
Christopher Fitzgerald, son of RTD Chief of Police Joel Fitzgerald Sr., was killed in Philadelphia while pursuing a suspect. Fitzgerald, a Temple University police officer, was attempting to apprehend a robbery suspect Saturday night, but was shot in the head and killed according to the Philadelphia district attorney’s office. The suspect, Miles Pfeffer, 18, allegedly attempted to…