Apr 9, 2021
LEWISTOWN Stuart Wayne Bryant, 61, of Coatesville, was convicted of third-degree homicide and other charges from a Jan. 28, 2019, collision that killed Mifflin County Junior High School teacher and football coach Harry Aultz at the intersection of U.S. 22 Business and Hoss Drive in Granville Township.
A Mifflin County jury returned the verdict just after 2 p.m. Friday after deliberating for nearly three hours. Friday was the third day of the trial.
Among the 21 charges Bryant faced, he was convicted of 20, including two homicide by vehicle charges, involuntary manslaughter and DUI. He was found not guilty on one charge of reckless endangerment.
ethompson@lewistownsentinel.com
LEWISTOWN A jury found Stuart Wayne Bryant guilty of third-degree murder and related charges during the third day of a trial stemming from a devastating 2019 crash that killed Mifflin County Junior High School teacher and coach, Harry Aultz.
The verdict followed nearly three hours of deliberation on Friday at the Mifflin County Court of Common Pleas.
“It was a terrible case where somebody lost their life,” Mifflin County District Attorney Christopher Torquato said after the trial. “We certainly appreciate the attentiveness of the jury in evaluating the facts of the case. (Considering) the nature of the defense in the case, we felt a third-degree murder charge was appropriate. The jury apparently agreed after hearing all the evidence of the case. In the end, justice has been done for Harry Aultz and the family.”
bcox@lewistownsentinel.com
LEWISTOWN On Thursday, during the second day of a Mifflin County homicide trial stemming from a 2019 crash, the defense called into question the reliability of key data.
Stuart Wayne Bryant, 61, of Coatesville, is facing third-degree homicide and other charges from the Jan. 28, 2019 collision that killed Mifflin County Junior High School teacher and football coach Harry Aultz at the intersection of U.S. 22 Business and Hoss Drive in Granville Township.
The main witness of the day was Frank Gaus, who is a collision analysis and reconstruction specialist with the Pennsylvania State Police and who was involved in the crash investigation.