(AP) A Maryland man charged with planning an Islamic State-inspired attack at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C., was diagnosed with delusional disorder and refused to take psychotropic medication while in federal custody last year, a judge said in a court filing Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis agreed to extend Rondell Henry’s court-ordered hospitalization by up to four months. The judge ruled in February 2020 that there was ample evidence Henry isn’t mentally competent to stand trial.
Thursday’s filing reveals that a forensic psychologist employed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons provided the court with a Nov. 20 report in which she expressed her opinion that Henry couldn’t be tried while suffering from a delusional disorder. Previous court orders didn’t specify the nature of Henry’s mental illness or say he was refusing medication.
