Marblehead teen Oscar Galante faced a judge in Lynn Juvenile Court on Friday, Jan. 16, answering to charges of motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation in the Aug. 19 death of 13-year-old Savanah Gatchell, also of Marblehead.
Galante pleaded “not a youthful offender,” which is similar to a plea of “not guilty” in adult court. He walked into the courtroom in a blue suit and dress shoes, his family with him.
Investigators say Oscar Galante was driving with Gatchell as his passenger when he crashed his car into a stone wall near 352 Atlantic Ave. just before 3 a.m. on Aug. 19.
The judge accepted the plea and ordered Galante held on $20,000 bail and on conditions that he wear a GPS monitor and be held in house arrest with 24/7 lockdown and to have no contact with the victim’s family or witnesses in the case…