BAY CITY (AP) -- A psychiatrist has 30 days to submit a report on the mental health of a northern Michigan man charged with making a threat against a then-congressman.
Federal Judge Thomas Ludington in Bay City settled on Dr. Craig Lemmen, the expert favored by prosecutors. Russell Hesch can get a second opinion at his own expense.
Defense lawyers say the 73-year-old Hesch may be showing early signs of dementia. The West Branch man is accused of writing a letter that threatened to paint the Mackinac Bridge with Bart Stupak's blood because he voted for a health care law last year.
Stupak represented northern Michigan in Congress but did not seek reelection in 2010.
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