For ice-pick attacker, another year of commitment

Judge signs order continuing involuntary treatment for Dino B. Taraschi, 55 By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times A Downingtown man who shocked the community in 1996 when he repeatedly stabbed his mother in the eye with an ice pick continues to suffer from “a severe mental disability” that requires continued involuntary treatment, a judge ruled on Thursday, April 17. Dino B. Taraschi,...