A former Allegheny County district judge who resigned earlier this year will never again sit on the bench, the state Court of Judicial Discipline announced on Thursday.
Anthony Saveikis, 57, of Coraopolis, resigned in January after spending more than a year on leave after being accused of inappropriate behavior with teenage boys.
There were no criminal charges ever filed.
According to an order issued by the Court of Judicial Discipline on Thursday, Saveikis agreed to the facts alleged against him, which included bringing disrepute to the office and failing to promote trust in the judiciary.
The court ordered that Saveikis be “severely censured, and that his resignation and pledge not to serve as a judge again are binding and irrevocable.”
The court has the authority over all judicial officers in Pennsylvania. It hears and decides formal charges brought against district judges, judges in Common Pleas, Superior, and Commonwealth courts, and the state Supreme Court.
Saveikis, who had been a district judge since January 2002, was accused of interacting with three different teenage boys between 2018 and 2022.
In one instance, the complaint claimed that Saveikis approached an unidentified 17-year-old employee at Janoski’s Country Restaurant, asked him personal questions, followed him into a closed freezer, and touched the boy’s shoulders, arms, and back.
Then, in 2022, a juvenile who appeared before Saveikis was sentenced to perform 25 hours of community service at a local fair.
Saveikis would frequently approach him at the fair. He was also said to pay the boy a visit at the gas station where he worked, offering to drive him out after his shifts and texting him.
In another instance, Saveikis approached a 14-year-old whose case he presided over while the boy was working at the Findlay Fair. He took the boy to a restaurant for lunch without his parents’ permission and then walked with him “arm in arm.”
According to disciplinary records, Saveikis, who had a substance abuse problem, worked with Judges Concerned for Judges, which arranged for him to participate in an inpatient treatment program.
Saveikis was charged with driving under the influence in September, and the case is still pending.
Saveikis’ attorney, Robert Del Greco, stated that the Allegheny County Police and District Attorney’s Office investigated the allegations against his client and cleared him of any wrongdoing.
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