Warren man charged with 60 offenses pleads insanity in latest

WARREN

Andre Ervin, a Warren man charged with 60 criminal offenses over the past nine years, has been ordered to receive an evaluation to determine whether he is competent to stand trial.

Ervin, 47, was in Warren Municipal Court Wednesday for a hearing to determine whether a felony charge of gross sexual imposition filed against him would be bound over to a Trumbull County grand jury.

Ervin signed a form agreeing to being bound over, but when Magistrate Dan Gerin asked Ervin whether he understood the proceedings, Ervin didn’t answer and instead said he would plead not guilty by reason of insanity.

The magistrate then ordered the evaluation. Ervin’s next hearing is set for Nov. 17.

Ervin is charged with groping a 16-year-old girl as she walked to school early last month.