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Eleven former youth counselors have been arrested since the attorney general's office began investigating the facility in 2019, though charges against one were dropped, another was found incompetent to stand trial and a third died awaiting trial.
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CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
But during a hearing on Thursday, Bronx Supreme Court Judge George Villegas ruled that Mejia was not mentally well enough to stand trial.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
That same December, Lori was ruled competent to stand trial and waived her right to an attorney, per 12 News.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Dear, 66, has admitted to killing three people and wounding nine others during a mass shooting at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs in 2015, but the criminal proceedings against him have been on hold for years as he has been consistently found to be too mentally ill to stand trial.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
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CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
But during a hearing on Thursday, Bronx Supreme Court Judge George Villegas ruled that Mejia was not mentally well enough to stand trial.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
That same December, Lori was ruled competent to stand trial and waived her right to an attorney, per 12 News.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Dear, 66, has admitted to killing three people and wounding nine others during a mass shooting at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs in 2015, but the criminal proceedings against him have been on hold for years as he has been consistently found to be too mentally ill to stand trial.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Stand trial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand%20trial. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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