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Join Telegram ChannelPITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. EVA. THANK YOU. NEW THIS MORNING, A FORMER DISTRICT JUDGE IN FINDLAY AND NORTH FAYETTE TOWNSHIPS WHO RESIGNED HIS SEAT AMID ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT INVOLVING THREE TEENAGE BOYS, IS NOW CHARGED WITH DUI. A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SAYS 57 YEAR OLD ANTHONY SEVAKIS OF CORAOPOLIS, WAS CHARGED AFTER A THREE VEHICLE CRASH AT BANKSVILLE ROAD AND CRANE AVENUE IN PITTSBURGH ON FRIDAY NIGHT. POLICE SAY SEVAKIS RAN INTO THE BACK OF ONE VEHICLE, SENDING IT INTO A THIRD. POLICE ALSO SAY SEVAKIS WAS UNSTEADY ON HIS FEET AND HIS EYES WERE BLOODSHOT. WITNESSES TOLD POLICE THAT THEY HAD SEEN HIM DRINKING AT A NEARBY LEBANESE FOOD FESTIVAL. THEY SAY HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT WAS MORE THAN TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT WHEN MEASURED BY A BREATHALYZER. WHILE SEVAKIS FACES A PRELIMINARY HEARING IN THIS CASE NEXT MONTH, HE DOES NOT FACE ANY CRIMINAL CHARGES REL
Former district judge accused of DUI in Pittsburgh
Anthony Saveikis, 57, is set to have a preliminary hearing next month
Updated: 6:15 AM EDT Sep 10, 2024
A former district judge, who resigned his seat amid allegations of misconduct involving three teenage boys earlier this year, is now facing DUI charges.A criminal complaint said Anthony Saveikis, 57, of Coraopolis, was charged following a three-vehicle crash at Banksville Road and Crane Avenue in Pittsburgh on Friday night.Police said Saveikis ran into the back of one vehicle, sending it into a third vehicle.The crash was described as a minor fender bender. Police said Saveikis was unsteady on his feet and his eyes were bloodshot.Witnesses said they’d seen him drinking at the nearby Lebanese Food Festival before the crash.Police said, when Saveikis provided a breath sample for chemical testing, the results showed his blood alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit.Saveikis faces a preliminary hearing in October on the DUI charges.He does not face any criminal charges related to the earlier misconduct accusations.
A former district judge, who resigned his seat amid allegations of misconduct involving three teenage boys earlier this year, is now facing DUI charges.
A criminal complaint said Anthony Saveikis, 57, of Coraopolis, was charged following a three-vehicle crash at Banksville Road and Crane Avenue in Pittsburgh on Friday night.
Police said Saveikis ran into the back of one vehicle, sending it into a third vehicle.
The crash was described as a minor fender bender.
Police said Saveikis was unsteady on his feet and his eyes were bloodshot.
Witnesses said they’d seen him drinking at the nearby Lebanese Food Festival before the crash.
Police said, when Saveikis provided a breath sample for chemical testing, the results showed his blood alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit.
Saveikis faces a preliminary hearing in October on the DUI charges.
He does not face any criminal charges related to the earlier misconduct accusations.
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