Washington to pay Seattle alleged criminal $250 each day he doesn’t get mental health treatment: reports

Taxpayers in Washington state must pay $250 to a homeless man accused of pushing a 62-year-old lady down the steps of a light-weight rail station in Seattle for every day he doesn’t get psychological well being remedy, in accordance with native reviews.

Alexander Jay, 40, was arrested on March 3, a day after the assault on the Chinatown-Worldwide District gentle rail station at fifth Avenue South and South Jackson Avenue, Fox Information Digital beforehand reported.

Jay was additionally accused of stabbing a girl 10 occasions at a bus cease that very same day, FOX13 Seattle reported.

He went on trial in April, however a decide deemed him incompetent and ordered him to spend three months at an inpatient facility, in accordance with the report.

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After greater than 100 days with out being admitted, King County Superior Courtroom Choose Johanna Bender discovered the Division of Social and Well being Companies (DSHS) in contempt of court docket for failing to get Jay remedy, KING5-TV reported. 

Bender additionally ordered the state to pay $250 per day, which started accruing on Might 9, till Jay will get admitted for remedy, the reviews mentioned.

Jay is presently being held in jail, a violation of his due course of rights, as a result of severity of the costs.

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DSHS informed FOX13 that the earliest Jay might get into remedy was mid-August – which might lead to taxpayers paying greater than $17,000 to Jay.

Jay has almost two dozen prior convictions in Washington relationship again to 2000, in accordance with prosecutors.