The Asbury Park Press reports: Defense attorneys are seeking to have a 38-year-old Lakewood man declared incompetent to stand trial on charges that he attempted to murder Rabbi Mordechai Moskowitz, a third-grade Rebbe at Lakewood Cheder in a baseball-bat attack in Lakewood in 2007 – reported HERE on YWN.
Attorneys Glenn Kassman and Kevin Young are seeking to have Superior Court Judge Francis R. Hodgson declare Lee Tucker of Ventura Drive incompetent to stand trial on charges of attempted murder and weapons possession.
In a hearing before Hodgson Dr. Daniel Greenfield, a psychiatrist, testified that Tucker is incompetent due to a long history of psychiatric commitments dating to 1996 for serious disorders that include schizophrenia.
Another psychiatrist, Dr. Timothy Michals, testified for the state that Tucker is competent to stand trial and faked mental illness during an exam.
The hearing is scheduled to continue on May 28.
Tucker was arrested on Oct. 24, 2007, a day after he was released from a stay at Ancora Psychiatric Hospital in Winslow.
The assault, which was reported HERE on YWN just minutes after it occurred, received widespread attention, including a news conference to announce a $25,000 reward for information posted by the Anti-Defamation League and the Lakewood Vaad.
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Let this animal rot in jail for the rest of his life.
If you’re in Lakewood, you should call your NJ Senator, Congressman, call the Judge, and tell them to try this guy for murder. Call the attorneys on both sides of the case.