Suspect in Va. congressman threat (Cantor) not competent (to stand trial)

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Source: AP/Google

PHILADELPHIA — Prosecutors say a Philadelphia man charged with threatening a ranking congressman in an Internet video has multiple personalities and is not currently competent to stand trial.

A federal magistrate is sending 38-year-old Norman Leboon to a prison hospital in North Carolina for psychiatric testing.


Public defender Kai Scott did not challenge the preliminary incompetency finding at a hearing Tuesday. The judge says Leboon could later be found competent to stand trial.

Authorities have not linked the video threat to a bullet recently fired through Cantor's campaign office in Richmond. Police have determined that was a random act.


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