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'Lost soul': Judge orders trial for mother on probation after young son shot, killed his brother

BALDWIN BOROUGH, Pa. — Kayleigh Potter, the mom who’s accused of taking a teenage girl to buy pot and then going to smoke it with her, will stand trial after the judge gave an emotional and personal talk about how this case affected him.

Potter’s 10-year-old son accidentally shot and killed his 6-year-old brother, using Potter’s loaded gun, when she left them home alone one morning.

Potter is taking parenting classes and under strict probation after being found guilty last year of child endangerment and drug charges for that incident with her sons.

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She’s back in jail again after Baldwin police say one of their officers saw Potter driving at a high rate of speed at 4 a.m. on Dec. 22 and followed her to Ruthwood Avenue.

Officers approached the car and said there was a 13-year-old girl in the back seat. They say Potter gave them several different stories about what she and the girl were doing.

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Officers called CYF and said Potter took the girl to buy pot and was going to smoke it with her.

In this latest case in Baldwin, Potter is not related to the 13-year-old girl.

On Tuesday, the judge gave a personal and emotional speech from the bench before he made his ruling.

He said this was the first time he had ever done that, before he called Potter a 'lost soul' and explained how this case really affected him.

Potter did start to cry when the judge spoke about her son.

She's being held in the Allegheny County Jail.