LEWISTON, Maine (AP) A judge has ordered a teenager charged with manslaughter in connection with a park brawl to remain at a South Portland juvenile facility.
The Sun Journal reports that the judge said Thursday that the teen, who turned 18 on May 10, could be placed in a less-restrictive environment if one is found.
Thirty-eight-year-old Donald Giusti died from injuries he suffered last June in a brawl at Lewiston’s Kennedy Park, an incident that contributed to racial tension in the city. A medical examiner determined the cause of Giusti’s death to be blunt-force trauma.
Police say the teen was 16 when he threw a rock that’s believed to have hit Giusti. Also charged with assault are a 23-year-old man and a 13-year-old boy.
