Hearing Set for 4th Person in Philadelphia Captive Case

[The Northerner]

The daughter of a woman accused of being the ringleader in an alleged Social Security fraud plot in which mentally disabled people were held captive in a squalid basement is "shocked" but understands the charges she faces, her lawyer said on Wednesday.

In a brief court hearing, a judge scheduled a Dec. 19 preliminary hearing for Jean McIntosh, 32. She will join her mother, Linda Ann Weston, 51, and the two other co-defendants at that hearing. All four were arrested last week and face kidnapping, false imprisonment and other counts.

Outside of court, McIntosh's attorney said his client understands the charges and that he does not plan to ask for a competency hearing.

"She's just kind of shocked and surprised," attorney Michael J. Graves Jr. said. "She understands the charges. ... I'm really not able to tell her any more than that."

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