Greaves trial pushed back
A Mercer County man who allegedly slashed a Kittanning man's throat during a drug deal in Lyndora in March won't go to trial this month, after a county judge approved a defense attorney's request to push back various filing deadlines.
The order approved by county Judge Timothy McCune means that the trial for Joshua K. Greaves, 34, will be pushed back to sometime next year, assistant district attorney Richard Bosco confirmed Monday, following a brief court proceeding before McCune.
Greaves has been charged with homicide, felony robbery, robbery of a motor vehicle, theft, receiving stolen property, hindering apprehension, abuse of a corpse and conspiracy after allegedly killing Gregory W. Bosko, 55, and dumping his body in a wooded area along Redbud Road.
County prosecutors have said they are seeking the death penalty against Greaves, and that won't change despite what his defense attorney said was a “relatively lengthy and passionate,” plea to Boscow last week.
A full report will appear in the Butler Eagle.
