A boy who was 14 when police said he fatally shot a 17-year-old will have his criminal charges handled in juvenile court, a judge announced Monday. As a result, if Nigel Thompson is found to have killed Damonte Hardrick, he could remain in custody only up to age 21. Hardrick’s
By the time he was 13, Nigel Thompson had been hospitalized twice at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. Medical records showed he had suicidal thoughts and threatened to kill his family. He stole a gun, they said, and took it to school in his backpack. A juvenile court found that he
An Allegheny County judge was accused of displaying improper conduct with teenage boys in a judicial board complaint. Magisterial District Judge Anthony Saveikis, who has served as a judge since January 2002, was notified by the state judicial conduct board that he could face formal charges before the Pennsylvania Court