A Family Court judge ruled Wednesday that a 10-year-old boy accused of viciously beating a Vietnamese immigrant in her Juniata Park apartment last month should be kept in custody "in abundant caution" to the community before his trial.
This was the second time in the past couple of weeks that Family Court Administrative Judge Kevin Dougherty decided as such, despite efforts by the boy's mother and his public defender, Dan Bartoli.
In court Wednesday, the 10-year-old's godfather told the judge that the boy could stay with him, his wife and 15-year-old daughter in their Holmesburg home, about eight miles from the victim's residence.
