A 15-year-old girl accused of stabbing another girl on an Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority bus as it was leaving Erie High School in early January has waived a felony charge in the Erie police case to court.
Anaya R. Graves, 15, waived over a second-degree felony count of aggravated assault as she appeared before Erie 6th Ward District Judge Timothy Beveridge for her preliminary hearing on Thursday morning. Prosecutors dropped five other charges Graves was facing in the case, including a first-degree felony count of aggravated assault.
Graves, who was charged by police as an adult in the stabbing, remains in the Edmund L. Thomas Adolescent Center, with her bond set at $25,000.
Erie police accuse Graves of stabbing another 15-year-old girl during a confrontation on the EMTA bus. The other girl was stabbed twice in the torso, according to investigators.
Police said the stabbing happened on Jan. 3, a day after classes in the Erie School District resumed following a holiday break that began Dec. 22, according to the district’s calendar. Police took Graves into custody the day after the incident.