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Special Forces veteran Jeffrey McKellop remains in custody nearly three years after being accused of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

Justin Robert Newton, 43, was arrested last month in Pontiac following a months-long investigation.

A terminally ill woman charged in the deaths of 146 dogs at a Mantua Township home has been ordered to cooperate with a competency evaluation.

Cortez Taylor faces nine charges in connection with the Dec. 9 incident in Rochester Hills.

A psychiatrist’s evaluation could determine whether Matthew Purdy is competent to face trial in the shooting of Wes Smith.

Kenneth Roger Davies faces six felony counts of aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material.

The process to determine an individual's competency to stand trial is long and full of bottlenecks. A state commission is reviewing how to improve that process.

A 43-year-old man, Freeman Cole, faces charges of attempted first-degree intentional homicide, strangulation and suffocation, and false imprisonment. His competency is being evaluated to determine if he is fit to stand trial, with a court appearance scheduled for Dec. 29.

A 31-year-old man accused of making terroristic threats and attempted armed robbery with threat of force at the La Crosse airport will undergo a competency evaluation. The judge has scheduled a competency hearing for December 18.

A competency exam was ordered Friday for a Green Bay Correctional Institution inmate accused of killing another inmate, resulting in his trial being postponed.