Ore. jail inmate sent to mental hospital

March 11, 2013 @ 9:56 pm

ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) - A Washington state man charged with killing the Rainier, Ore., police chief in 2011 has been transferred from jail to the Oregon state mental hospital in Salem.

Columbia County, Ore., Sheriff Jeff Dickerson tells the Daily News of Longview ( http://is.gd/6fVvAV) that Daniel Butts was moved Monday.

On Feb. 27, Circuit Court Judge Ted Grove found the 23-year-old Kalama, Wash., man mentally impaired and unable to assist in his defense. The judge ordered Butts sent to the mental hospital to be treated and forcibly medicated until he is fit to return to Columbia County for trial.

Butts is charged with aggravated murder in the fatal shooting of Chief Ralph Painter on Jan. 5, 2011, after Painter responded to a report of a suspicious person at a car stereo shop.

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Information from: The Daily News, http://www.tdn.com


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  • CH wrote...
    there's no trial date in sight for his accused killer . . . .
    January 7, 2013 9:45 am
    because they are dealing with the happy weed smokers.
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  • Tyrone DeVille wrote...
    Can We Just Agree?
    February 27, 2013 11:14 pm
    That Danny Butts need to be exterminated? If you Kumbyah singers want to embrace and dance around Danny, that's fine,but we can agree that Danny is going to meet the Devil!
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