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Evaluation sought for Montgomery fire suspect : News : Oswego Ledger-Sentinel : Hometown Newspaper for Oswego and Montgomery, Illinois Evaluation sought for Montgomery fire suspect
| by Tony Scott
| 11/26/2009
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The defense attorney for a Montgomery man accused of killing two relatives in a house fire last summer has asked that his client be committed for a psychiatric evaluation.
Theddias LeSure, 22, appeared in Kendall County Court in Yorkville last Thursday before Judge Timothy J. McCann.
Prosecutors say LeSure was living in a house on Riva Ridge Road in Montgomery on June 13 when he killed his cousin, Maurice Vaughn, by pouring gasoline on him and setting him on fire. LeSure's brother Matthew also died in the fire. Homeowners Kevin and Nakia LeSure escaped from the blaze via a second-story window and survived, but suffered injuries.
Both prosecutors and LeSure's pro bono defense attorney, John Paul Carroll of Naperville, have been waiting to hear from a psychiatrist at the Kane County Diagnostic Center regarding an evaluation of LeSure requested by Carroll.
Kendall County State's Attorney Eric Weis told McCann that he had spoken with Dr. Tim Brown of the center several weeks ago but had not heard anything from him recently regarding the evaluation.
Carroll, however, told McCann that state law allows for a defendant to be placed in a state mental health facility for 30 days for an evaluation. He suggested that this could be an option for LeSure.
Weis asked that a date be set for Brown to come forward with an evaluation report. If a report isn't given by that time, then he said he would be open to a 30-day evaluation.
McCann set a status hearing on the issue for next Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 11 a.m. at the Kendall County Courthouse in Yorkville.
Carroll also asked for a court order to allow a psychiatrist to visit LeSure at the Kendall County jail in Yorkville, suggesting that the psychiatrist has had problems getting in to see LeSure. While Weis said he wasn't aware of the jail prohibiting psychiatrists from seeing inmates, he said he would make a call on behalf of Carroll to the jail. However, Weis said he wanted it made clear that the person is not a court-appointed psychia |
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