HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa.—A Pennsylvania judge ordered Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, to face trial in New York after a Dec. 19 hearing in a Pennsylvania court.
Blair County Court of Common Pleas Judge David Consiglio verbally issued an order after Mangione’s attorney, Thomas Dickey, said the defense agreed to a waiver of extradition.
Mangione faces multiple charges in New York, including first-degree murder.
“What we did today, we feel clearly was in his best interest at this time, and that’s why we did what we did, and we’re ready to move forward,” Thomas Dickey, Mangione’s Pennsylvania-based attorney, told reporters as he left the courthouse….