Gainesville teen accused of plot against Bethel AME church sentenced, says she is 'truly sorry' - Gainesville Times

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Gainesville teen accused of plot against Bethel AME church sentenced, says she is 'truly sorry'

Wearing a mask due to the pandemic, Caitlyn Pye enters Hall County Juvenile Court Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, for her sentencing hearing. Pye, 17, is accused in a foiled November 2019 knife attack plot against the congregation of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Gainesville. - photo by Scott Rogers

10232020 BETHEL 1.jpg — Wearing a mask due to the pandemic, Caitlyn Pye enters Hall County Juvenile Court Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, for her sentencing hearing. Pye, 17, is accused in a foiled November 2019 knife attack plot against the congregation of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Gainesville. - photo by Scott Rogers

A Gainesville teenager who was accused November 2019 of plotting a foiled attack on a predominantly Black Gainesville church appeared in court Thursday, Oct. 22.