Man found unfit for trial over destruction of Ten Commandments memorial in Oklahoma
LITTLE ROCK—A man charged with crashing his vehicle into Arkansas' Ten Commandments display nearly three years after he was accused of destroying a monument at Oklahoma's Capitol was found mentally unfit Thursday to go to trial.
A Pulaski County judge found Michael Tate Reed unfit to proceed based on a diagnosis by state doctors and ordered him to be held by the state hospital for further evaluation. Circuit Judge Chris Piazza set a September 2018 hearing on Reed's mental status.
Reed faces a felony criminal mischief charge for destroying Arkansas' privately funded Ten Commandments statue in late June, less than 24 hours after it had been installed outside the state Capitol. Reed was arrested in the 2014 destruction of Oklahoma's Ten Commandments monument, but prosecutors declined to pursue criminal charges in that case.
Reed's relatives say he has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a chronic mental health condition characterized by hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking and manic behavior.
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