Topic: Arrest Made in the Attack on Congress Member Staff

[Flat Tire 2]

This was big headlines yesterday in the Virginia media, but it's not receiving as much attention by the media today. He seems to have metal health issues.

"The U.S. Capitol Police and Fairfax City Police identified the suspect as Xuan-Kha Tran Pham, 49, of Fairfax. He was being held without bond at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center on charges of malicious wounding and aggravated malicious wounding. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.

"Pham was taken into custody and charged with assault on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest and attempting to disarm a law enforcement officer. Those charges were eventually dropped.
A person with the Fairfax County Commonwealth?s Attorney?s office, who spoke on condition of anonymity because Pham now has an ongoing criminal case, said the charges were dropped because they stemmed from a mental health crisis and that the defendant entered an agreement designed to ensure he received mental health treatment. The person complied with conditions requiring him to seek treatment from his arrest in January through a nine-month period when the charges were dropped in September."

https://www.nbc12.com/2023/05/15/lawmaker-says-his-staff-was-attacked-with-bat/

[bighat]

The unfortunate thing is this is commonplace now and our mental health system is basically nonexistent at this point for lots of people.