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Man seeks to withdraw plea in 2015 slaying

BEDFORD (AP) — A man is seeking to withdraw a guilty plea he entered as a teenager in the 2015 slaying of a woman during what Penn­sylvania authorities said was a marijuana deal gone bad.

The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat reported that now-20-year-old Ryan Hardwick of Martinsburg told a Bedford County judge Friday that he didn’t fire the fatal shots and didn’t know another teen planned to fire. He wants to withdraw a first-degree murder plea that resulted in a sentence of 60 years to life.

Authorities in Bedford County said the two teens arranged to buy marijuana from a man who sent 21-year-old Stephanie Waters to complete the transaction, but then-16-year-old Deauntaye Moye shot her.

Hardwick, then 15, acknowledged shooting the victim’s dog and helping move her body.

Moye is serving life without parole.

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