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Former Bridgewater councilman files lawsuit after charges are dismissed in cold case murder

Gregory Hopkins’ conviction was overturned and the charges were dismissed

Former Bridgewater councilman files lawsuit after charges are dismissed in cold case murder

Gregory Hopkins’ conviction was overturned and the charges were dismissed

WITH MORE INFORMATION ON THE LAWSUIT. TOM: GOOD MORNING TO YOU. BEFORE THOSE CHARGES WERE DISMISSED EARLIER, GREG SPENT NEARLY A DECADE BEHIND BARS. HE HAD BEEN SERVING TIME FOR THE 1979 DEATH OF JANET WALSH, A WOMAN HE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH. HE ADMITTED THAT BUT DENIES KILLING. WALSH WAS FOUND STRANGLED TO DEATH IN HER APARTMENT THIS NEW LAWSUIT SAYS A COLD CASE TEAM THAT TOOK A LOOK AT THIS TESTED ONLY A PORTION OF THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AND IGNORED EVIDENCE THAT WOULD IMPLICATE OTHERS IN THE 23-YEAR-OLD WOMAN’S DEATH. THE ATTORNEY SAYS HOPKINS DNA WAS FOUND BUT HE HAD AN ALIBI CONFIRMED BY AT LEAST THREE OTHERS. THE LAWSUIT ASKS FOR DAMAGES TO RECOVER LOST WAGES AND INCOME FROM EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HARM AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES WELL. HIS LAWYER WROTE THE STATEMENT THE DEFENDANTS IN THIS CASE DO NOT DESERVE TO WILL THE POWER WE’VE GIVEN THEM. THE FALSE NARRATIVE THEY CREATED IS PATENTLY ABSURD AND BEYOND IMPLAUSIBLE. THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED AND REJECTED FOR WHAT THEY DID TO MR. HOPKINS. AS FOR MR. HOPKINS, HIS FIGHT FOR JUSTICE GOES ON WITH THE FILING OF THIS CASE. -- CASE." WE DID REACH OUT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMENT AND AS WE HEAR BAC
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Former Bridgewater councilman files lawsuit after charges are dismissed in cold case murder

Gregory Hopkins’ conviction was overturned and the charges were dismissed

A former Bridgewater councilman who was convicted in a cold case murder and then later saw that conviction overturned and the charges dismissed has now filed a lawsuit against three investigators who were involved in the case.Attorneys for Gregory Hopkins announced the lawsuit early Wednesday morning.Hopkins was convicted in 2013 in the 1979 death of Catherine Walsh, a woman who was found dead inside her Monaca apartment.During his trial, Hopkins admitted to having an affair with Walsh but denied any involvement in her death.Pennsylvania’s Superior Court overturned the conviction in 2020 and earlier this year the charges against Hopkins were dismissed.In the lawsuit, Hopkins alleges Andrew Gall, an investigator who worked for the Monaca Police Department and is with the Beaver County Detective Bureau as well as two state police investigators, Rocco Demaiolo and Ashlee Mangan, all intentionally charged him despite knowing he did not commit the crimes he’s accused of.Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 has reached out to state police, as well as to Gall, for their response to the lawsuit. On Wednesday morning, a state police spokesperson said PSP does not comment on pending litigation.

A former Bridgewater councilman who was convicted in a cold case murder and then later saw that conviction overturned and the charges dismissed has now filed a lawsuit against three investigators who were involved in the case.

Attorneys for Gregory Hopkins announced the lawsuit early Wednesday morning.

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Hopkins was convicted in 2013 in the 1979 death of Catherine Walsh, a woman who was found dead inside her Monaca apartment.

During his trial, Hopkins admitted to having an affair with Walsh but denied any involvement in her death.

Pennsylvania’s Superior Court overturned the conviction in 2020 and earlier this year the charges against Hopkins were dismissed.

In the lawsuit, Hopkins alleges Andrew Gall, an investigator who worked for the Monaca Police Department and is with the Beaver County Detective Bureau as well as two state police investigators, Rocco Demaiolo and Ashlee Mangan, all intentionally charged him despite knowing he did not commit the crimes he’s accused of.

Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 has reached out to state police, as well as to Gall, for their response to the lawsuit.

On Wednesday morning, a state police spokesperson said PSP does not comment on pending litigation.