SAVANNAH, Ga. — A federal decide has agreed to order a psychological analysis for a former Army soldier charged with crashing a army Humvee into an workplace constructing for base commanders at Fort Stewart in southeastern Georgia.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Brian K. Epps granted prosecutors’ request for the analysis to assist decide whether or not 39-year-old Treamon Dominic Lacy is mentally competent to face trial. Court data present the choice was made throughout Lacy’s preliminary courtroom look Tuesday.

Army investigators say that Lacy, a former Army mechanic who retired as a workers sergeant in 2013, stole a Humvee from a Fort Stewart motor pool Monday morning after which plowed the armored car by means of the glass entrance doorways of the Army publish’s headquarters.

No one was injured. The broken constructing homes the places of work of Fort Stewart’s commanding normal and different leaders. Located about 40 miles southwest of Savannah, Fort Stewart is house to the Army’s third Infantry Division. It’s the most important Army publish east of the Mississippi River.

Lacy was detained on the scene of the crash and arrested by army police. He remained jailed Wednesday in Liberty County on federal expenses of theft and destruction of presidency property.

Lacy’s lawyer, Troy Marsh, mentioned in an electronic mail Wednesday that he had no touch upon the case.

Authorities haven't given a suspected motive for the crash. The decide sealed courtroom paperwork associated to the pending psychological analysis for Lacy.

Fort Stewart officers mentioned in an announcement Tuesday that Lacy was a army retiree, which allowed him entry to the publish. He served on lively responsibility from 2002 till 2013 and deployed twice to Iraq, based on the assertion.

That’s lower than the usual 20 years of service required for many U.S. army members to succeed in retirement. However, some are granted early retirement, together with for medical disabilities.

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