White House jumper ‘likely’ to be sent to Butner, N.C., for mental health evaluation
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Version 0 of 1. Dominic Adesanya, the Maryland man accused of scaling the White House fence last week, could be sent to a federal correctional facility in North Carolina for a mental health evaluation as opposed to St. Elizabeths Hospital in the District. At a hearing in D.C. Superior Court on Tuesday, Judge Truman Morrison said it was “likely” that Adesanya, 23, would be sent to the Butner low-security federal prison to be evaluated by mental health experts after a District psychologist found him incompetent to stand trial Monday following last week’s incident. At his brief hearing Tuesday, Adesanya stood quietly next to his attorney on charges that he failed to return to court in September for a hearing in connection with charges from July of hopping over a barrier at the White House and trying to break into the Treasury Department. Last Wednesday, Adesanya was arrested again, this time on federal charges of knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds and one count of injuring animals used by law enforcement, after he allegedly scaled the White House fence and punched and kicked two guard dogs. At his hearing in that case on Monday, Adesanya was removed by marshals after screaming out for help in the courtroom. Morrison scheduled a follow-up hearing Dec. 23 in anticipation that Adesanya’s evaluation at Butner will be completed by then. Adesanya also has a hearing scheduled for Dec. 22 in District Court. |