HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) - A northern New Jersey teenager charged with fatally stabbing his sister in December will be tried as an adult.
A state judge in Bergen County issued the ruling on Thursday.
Authorities say Travis Gallo, who was 17 at the time, stabbed his 20-year-old sister, Teia, multiple times with a kitchen knife in their family’s home in Washington Township, an affluent suburb just northwest of upper Manhattan.
Travis Gallo has been held at a juvenile detention facility since his arrest, but The Record (https://bit.ly/1kGdYEr) reports he was transferred to the county jail after Thursday’s ruling. His bail was set at $2 million.
Robert Gallo, a gynecologist with a practice in Hackensack, and his wife are the parents of nine biological children and three adopted children, including Travis and Teia.
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Information from: The Record (Woodland Park, N.J.), https://www.northjersey.com
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