School stabbing suspect to get treatment in detention center
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GREENSBURG (AP) – A judge has reversed himself and now says a 16-year-old boy awaiting trial in a Pennsylvania high school stabbing rampage will remain in a juvenile detention center and receive mental health treatment there.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports Westmoreland County Judge Christopher Feliciani changed his mind because he and the boy’s defense attorney couldn’t find a secure mental hospital willing to treat the boy either because he’s a minor or because of security risks involved.
The boy, Alex Hribal, of Murrysville, is charged with stabbing 20 students and a security guard at Franklin Regional High School on April 9. They all survived.
His attorney acknowledges the boy committed the crimes, but says he’s got mental issues that need to be addressed at a hospital. Instead, two doctors will treat the boy at the detention center.