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Published November 10, 2009 11:50 am - A man charged in a chainsaw attack at a homeless shelter in New Bloomfield has been committed to the custody of the Missouri Department of Mental Health. Suspect in chainsaw attack sent to Mental HealthJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man charged in a chainsaw attack at a homeless shelter in New Bloomfield has been committed to the custody of the Missouri Department of Mental Health.
Callaway County Judge Kevin Crane on Monday committed 30-year-old Matthew J. Watkins for the Jan. 19, 2008, chainsaw attack at the New Life Evangelistic Center in New Bloomfield. Watkins was charged with injuring four employees with a chainsaw while helping to prepare the New Life Evangelistic Center’s annual peace festival. Watkins was charged with four counts of first-degree felony assault and four counts of felony armed criminal action. During a pre-trial conference hearing Monday, the prosecution agreed to a plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. Crane then ruled Watkins was not guilty of the four criminal charges against him. ——— 
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