Boy fit for trial in great-grandmother death

By: Associated Press//November 4, 2012//

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SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A judge has ruled a 13-year-old Sheboygan boy is competent to stand trial in the killing of his great-grandmother in September.

Judge Timothy Van Akkeren found the boy competent Friday, based on a court-ordered mental health evaluation.

The Sheboygan Press reports the boy’s attorney, who requested the evaluation, did not challenge the ruling.

The boy and a 13-year-old friend are charged with first-degree intentional homicide for allegedly bludgeoning to death 78-year-old Barbara Olson at her Sheboygan Falls home on Sept. 17 with a hammer and hatchet. The boys are accused of ransacking Olson’s house and stealing money to buy marijuana and pizza.

Attorneys for the other boy did not seek a competency evaluation.

The case now moves to a January hearing on whether to move the case to juvenile court.

Information from: The Sheboygan Press, http://www.sheboygan-press.com

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