Man Held in Vegas Solar-Array Attack to Get Competency Exams

Man Held in Vegas Solar-Array Attack to Get Competency Exams
Mohammed Mesmarian is led out of the courtroom after he interrupted the court proceedings before his case being called during his arraignment at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Jan. 10, 2023. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP
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LAS VEGAS—A man arrested in what authorities characterized as a terror attack last week on a solar power facility serving Las Vegas Strip casinos was removed from a courtroom Tuesday after becoming verbally disruptive, and his attorney asked a judge to schedule a competency evaluation before he faces multiple felony charges.

Mohammed Reza Mesmarian, 34, seated in shackles with other detainees, interrupted another case by complaining about a “broken” legal system before being escorted by bailiffs out of Las Vegas Justice Court.