Man accused of setting fire to Boston restaurant sent to psychiatric hospital – Boston News, Weather, Sports

by Ismail Hodge
Man accused of setting fire to Boston restaurant sent to psychiatric hospital - Boston News, Weather, Sports

BOSTON (WHDH) – The Everett man accused of setting fireplace to a restaurant in Mission Hill was despatched by a decide Monday to Bridgewater State Hospital for a psychological well being analysis.

Prasiddha Baruwal, 23, was arrested Saturday and charged with arson of a industrial constructing, breaking and getting into through the nighttime to commit a felony, and willful malicious destruction of property, in response to Boston police.

He was arrested in reference to an early-morning blaze at the Squealing Pig restaurant on Smith Avenue Wednesday.

Police stated cellphone video reveals Baruwal, a former worker of the restaurant, contained in the Squealing Pig because it was burning.

In court docket Monday, Baruwal was evaluated by a health care provider, who discovered he didn’t actually perceive the legal justice system and the severity of the costs. The physician decided Baruwal wanted an extra psychological well being analysis.

Baruwal was not arraigned on arson fees Monday, and as an alternative was despatched to the psychiatric hospital for 20 days.

“Now we have a defendant who has made some delusional and odd — I believe these are the 2 phrases that I wrote — and there’s a necessity for additional analysis,” Decide David Weingarten stated at Roxbury District Court docket.

He’s slated to return to court docket on July 19 to be arraigned.

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