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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.
Updated: 1:31 PM EST December 14, 2020
CAMP HILL, Pa. An inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill has died, superintendent Laurel Harry announced Monday.
Victor Garcia, 31, was found unresponsive in his cell Sunday by an officer performing a security round in the prison s restricted housing unit, Harry said. Garcia was hanging from the top bunk in the cell.
Staff immediately responded and administered CPR on Garcia until prison medical staff arrived. Lower Allen EMS later took over CPR and transported Garcia to Holy Spirit Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:44 p.m., the prison said.
The coroner and Pennsylvania State Police were notified. The official cause of death will be determined by the Cumberland County Coroner’s Office, the prison said.