PONTIAC, Mich. — A judge might rule Tuesday whether to keep accused Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley at the Oakland County Jail rather than return him to a juvenile facility, a ruling that would run counter to national trends and a new federal law that took effect in December.
Oakland County Circuit Judge Kwame Rowe will consider a request by Crumbley's court-appointed attorney and court-appointed guardian that the 15-year-old be housed at Children's Village, a juvenile detention facility in Pontiac designed to provide a "therapeutic environment" for youths.
Crumbley was charged as an adult with 24 felonies, including terrorism and first-degree murder, in the Nov. 30 shooting that took the lives of four schoolmates — Hana St. Juliana, 14; Madisyn Baldwin, 17; Tate Myre, 16; and Justin Shilling, 17 — and injured six other students and a teacher. He faces up to life in prison without parole if convicted.
