Crime & Safety
Murder Suspect Broke Deputy's Jaw In San Leandro
Daniel Jordan DeWitt, 23, was being held at the John George Psychiatric Pavilion on suspicion of murder when he hit a deputy without warning.
An Alameda County Sheriff's Department deputy has been hospitalized and will have his jaw wired shut for weeks after he was sucker-punched Wednesday by the Oakland man who is accused of a recent murder in the Berkeley hills, the Oakland Tribune reports.
Daniel Jordan DeWitt, 23, has been charged with but mentally incompetent to stand trial.
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When the attack occurred, DeWitt was being moved from the John George Psychiatric Pavilion in San Leandro to a psychiatric hospital in Napa where he will be held until he is considered competent to stand trial, the Tribune reported.
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