Crime & Safety
Joe Gentz Competency Exam to be Held Wednesday
The handyman charged in the January strangulation death of Grosse Pointe Park resident Jane E. Bashara will have a competency exam Wednesday before 36th District Court Judge Kenneth J. King.
A second competency hearing for the has been rescheduled for Wednesday in 36th District Court before Chief Judge Kenneth J. King.
Joseph Gentz related to the .
Gentz's court-appointed attorney, Susan Reed, requested the second competency evaluation by an independent doctor. The hearing was originally scheduled for July 23.
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Gentz, most recently of and formerly of St. Clair Shores, has been housed at Dickerson Lockup Facility since in .
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