Pennsylvania magistrate judge Xander Orenstein is under fire for releasing Anthony Quesen, the suspect in Monday's deadly Montour Trail stabbing in a prior assault case.

A controversial district judge in Allegheny County is once again in the crosshairs, as two prominent local Republican politicians are demanding Xander Orenstein’s removal from elected office for last year freeing a defendant who police say fatally stabbed a man Monday on the Montour Trail.

A man is charged with homicide after police say he stabbed another man to death on the Montour Trail Monday. >> Man dies after stabbing on Montour Trail, police looking for owner of bicycle found near scene Emergency crews were called to the trail near Hassam Road just before 3 p.m.

A suspect is in custody after a man was found fatally stabbed along the Montour Trail in Moon Township on Monday. The Allegheny County Police Department said in a news release on Monday that officers were called to the trail near the 1900 block of Hassam Road around 3 p.

Anthony Quesen is accused of killing 44-year-old Benjamin Brallier yesterday afternoon in the 1900 block of Hassam Road in the Robinson/Moon area.

Anthony Quesen has been charged with homicide and court paperwork reveals that he was released on non-monetary bond in a prior assault case.