ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A judge has ordered a Utah teenager to stand trial on charges accusing him of trying to blow up a homemade bomb in his backpack at a high school in St. George.
A hearing is scheduled next week to determine whether the 16-year-old who police say made the bomb after looking at Islamic State propaganda should be tried as an adult or juvenile.
Judge Paul Dame ruled in St. George on Wednesday there's enough evidence to bring the case to trial on felony charges of attempted murder and using a weapon of mass destruction. He also was bound over on two misdemeanors — graffiti and abuse of a flag.
Experts testified the boy suffering from a form of autism had been bullied.
His lawyer says he doesn't believe a jury would find him guilty of the felonies.
