MONROEVILLE, Pa. — Sources confirm to Channel 11 that the district attorney’s office is conducting interviews regarding claims against magistrate Mik Pappas.
They’re talking to multiple agencies to see if they’ve had issues with the district judge.
This stems from his alleged lack of urgency in signing the homicide warrant of Calvin Crew, the suspect in the Monroeville Uber case.
Police said Crew shot and killed his Uber driver, Christi Spicuzza.
According to sources, county police submitted their arrest warrant for Crew just after 3 p.m. last Thursday, and Pappas never signed it.
They had to wait until another judge came in and signed it after 7 p.m. that night, then county homicide detectives finally were able to arrest Crew.
Pappas tweeted about this today, and said:
“It should go without saying, that I would immediately review a homicide warrant that was presented to me as time sensitive. Any claim to the contrary is completely absurd.
Just to be clear — I’m not “under fire” for “not signing” an arrest warrant. I am an elected leader of the Movement for Equitable Reform of our local criminal legal system, and I am being attacked because of this.”
A spokesperson for the DA’s office tells us the DA cannot investigate a sitting judge, but the DA can file a complaint with the judicial conduct board and they would investigate.
Channel 11 also reached out to county police for a comment on this. We have not gotten a response.
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