Associated Press
GREENSBURG, Pa. — A teen facing charges for stabbing 20 fellow students and a security guard at a Pennsylvania high school must move from a juvenile detention center to the county jail when he turns 18.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports a Westmoreland County judge issued that ruling Thursday against Alex Hribal, of Murrysville.
He’s charged as an adult in the April 2014 rampage at Franklin Regional High School. A hearing to determine whether the case will be moved to juvenile court won’t resume until November, but Hribal turns 18 on Oct. 1.
Defense attorney Patrick Thomassey had argued that “real and irreversible harm” could be done if the slightly built boy is moved to the adult facility.
Thomassey acknowledges Hribal committed the attack but contends he was seriously mentally ill.