Mahoning County judge rules man insane after attack on lawyer, cop

YOUNGSTOWN — A city man charged with punching a police officer and attacking a former cabaret owner downtown will be spending time in a mental institution.

Keith Slade, 27, of East Dewey Avenue, appeared today before Judge James C. Evans of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for a mental-competency hearing.

Atty. David Gerchak, representing Slade, filed a motion claiming his client should be found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Slade is charged in the attack on Atty. Sebastian Rucci, former owner of the Go Go Girls Cabaret, in downtown Youngstown and punching a police officer in November 2011.

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