Warren man facing drug charges to undergo mental-health evaluation

CLEVELAND — For a second time, a federal judge has approved a motion to have a competency evaluation done on a Warren man charged in federal court with possessing 3.6 pounds of heroin.

U.S. District Judge Christopher Boyko ordered an evaluation to determine whether Ricardo McKinney, 29, understands the legal proceedings taking place against him.

A previous attorney, Walter Madison of Akron, earlier requested the same type of evaluation last October, and Judge Boyko approved it, but later the request was rescinded.

Madison said at the time that McKinney was “fixed upon the idea of certain motions being filed that have no legal basis or support in current federal or state law.”