Teens face trial in beating death
Three Schuylkill County teenagers are headed to trial in connection with thebeating death of an illegal immigrant from Mexico.
BY DUSTIN PANGONISSTAFF WRITER
Published: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:26 AM EDT
Three Schuylkill County teenagers are headed to trial in connection with thebeating death of an illegal immigrant from Mexico.
Magisterial District Judge Anthony J. Kilker dismissed first- and second-degreemurder charges against two accused assailants in the beating death of Luis Eduardo Ramirez Zavala in a preliminary hearing Monday, but all other chargeswill go to trial.
After a six-hour hearing in a packed Courtroom 5 in the Schuylkill CountyCourthouse, Kilker ruled at 3:30 p.m. there was sufficient evidence on theremaining charges against all defendants.
Brandon J. Piekarsky, 16, and Colin J. Walsh, 17, both of Shenandoah Heights,and Derrick M. Donchak, 18, of Shenandoah, face charges in connection with theJuly 14 death of Ramirez, 25, of 15 N. Main St., Shenandoah, who died frominjuries suffered in a beating two days earlier.
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