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HOLLIDAYSBURG An Altoona teenager facing second-degree murder in the 2020 shooting death of a fellow teenager cannot be rehabilitated through any form of treatment available in juvenile court, a Philadelphia psychiatrist testified Friday in Blair County Court.
Dr. John O’Brien II, presented as a rebuttal witness during a hearing to decide if Logan Persing’s criminal charges should remain in adult court, said Persing has never been able to sustain improvements in his behavior.
“The offense itself,” O’Brien said, referring to the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Devon Pfirsching, “occurred on a night when Persing had to pretend that he was compliant with his curfew.”
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HOLLIDAYSBURG Efforts on behalf of an Altoona teenager seeking to have second-degree murder and related charges transferred to juvenile court will resume today in Blair County Court.
Defense attorney Thomas M. Dickey, representing Logan Persing, who was 16 years old on Feb. 25, 2020, when he and two other teenagers allegedly initiated a robbery that led to the shooting death of 15-year-old Devon Pfirsching, offered witnesses Thursday in support of moving the charges out of adult court.
President Judge Elizabeth Doyle, who is convening the hearing through video transmissions, will render a decision in the future.
She has already ruled that first-degree murder and related criminal charges against Persing’s co-defendant, Owen Southerland, accused of firing the fatal shot that killed Pfirsching in the alley on the 100 block of Fourth Avenue, will remain in adult court.
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HOLLIDAYSBURG A Blair County judge has ruled that first-degree murder and related criminal charges pending against a 17-year-old Altoonan will remain in adult court.
President Judge Elizabeth Doyle recently denied a request on behalf of Owen Scott Southerland, who petitioned the court to have the criminal charges filed against him addressed in juvenile court.
The judge, in making her ruling, said she considered “the totality of the factors” to be weighed in evaluating Southerland’s petition, without greater or lesser weight to any specific factor.
“In conclusion, the defendant has not met his burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that transfer to the juvenile court system best serves the public interest and/or that he is amenable to treatment,” the judge wrote.
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