A 26-year-old former Baltimore resident will spend at least the next 16 years – and possibly the next four decades – in prison after being sentenced Tuesday for the murder of a Kennedy Township man who was attacked on the Montour Trail in Moon Township In October 2024.
The Judicial Conduct Board dismissed a complaint against Pittsburgh magistrate Xander Orenstein, who faced criticism after releasing a man charged with a fatal stabbing. State Rep. Valerie Gaydos urged the investigation but the Board found no judicial misconduct. Orenstein remains off arraignment duties.
State Rep. Anita Kulik has called for the resignation of Magisterial District Justice Xander Orenstein following the fatal stabbing of Officer Benjamin Brallier. The suspect in the case was previously released on nonmonetary bail by Orenstein. Kulik calls for an investigation by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court into the circumstances surrounding Brallier's death and the judicial system’s failures.