(JEWISH GROUP) Jarrett Buba sentenced for attacking two Pitt students

Jarrett Buba has been sentenced for attacking two Jewish University of Pittsburgh students.

As part of a plea deal finalized on May 19 in Allegheny County’s Fifth Judicial District Mental Health Court, Buba, who has been in detention since being arrested shortly after the 2024 attack, will serve up to five years of probation and be remanded to a mental health facility until he completes a program supervised by Judge Beth Lazzara and deemed to no longer be a threat to the public.

The attack occurred on Aug. 30, 2024, as students Asher Goodwin and Ilan Gordon made their way across the lawn of the Cathedral of Learning to attend a Hillel JUC of Pittsburgh event.

Both Goodwin and Gordon were wearing kippahs at the time of the attack. Buba donned a keffiyeh and brandished a glass bottle as a weapon.

The two students both suffered injuries as a result of the attack. Goodwin was cut by the bottle, suffering a laceration on his neck; Gordon experienced a concussion.

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