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In Court: March 1, 2013

By: Eyewitness News
Updated: March 1, 2013
In Susquehanna County-A Kingsley man pleaded guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter on Friday in connection with a deadly crash.
    Police say Brett Bennett killed two pedestrians walking along Route 11 in New Milford last year.
    Bennett is still slated to go on trial for d-u-i in connection with the crash later this month.


 In Luzerne County- A  teacher will not see any jail time for taking inappropriate pictures of students.
Former Dallas teacher David Shuga was sentenced to three years probation on Friday.
    Prosecutors say he took photos on his cell phone under the desks of girls in his middle school classroom.
    Administrators contacted local police after two students came forward to report Shuga.


In Wyoming County- A Wyoming county man admits he was drinking prior to a crash that killed his girlfriend last November.
 Clayton Firth of Tunkhannock pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and dui on Friday.
 Trenadie Leibenguth was killed after Firth slammed his vehicle into a tree along Keelersburg Road in Eaton Township the night before Thanksgiving.
    Firth now faces more than seven years in prison.
    No sentencing date has been set.

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