PHILADELPHIA (AP) - April 29, 2009
Prosecutors say 17-year-old Arthur Alston punched a fellow
student April 21 at Delaware Valley High School, a private
alternative school in Northeast Philadelphia that Alston began
attending after being placed on house arrest.
Alston faces third-degree murder and conspiracy charges in the
attack on 36-year-old Starbucks manager Sean Patrick Conroy on
March 26, 2008. Conroy died afterward of an asthma attack.
A judge granted a request Tuesday by the district attorney's
office to revoke Alston's bail, saying he had been given a chance
under house arrest and had forfeited that privilege.
Alton will remain in custody until he goes on trial Aug. 17.
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