A Juneau judge last week ordered a man accused of kicking a teenager and stealing his backpack to be evaluated for mental competency.
Public Defender Eric Hedland made the request for his client, Larry Alan Reiger, 55, on Thursday in Juneau District Court.
Hedland told Judge Thomas Nave during a hearing that Reiger has previously been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Nave granted the competency order, which was unopposed by Assistant District Attorney Nicholas Polasky.
Reiger is facing multiple felony charges after he was arrested Sept. 20. Police say Reiger impersonated a police officer, kicked a 16-year-old boy at a bus stop and stole his backpack, which had a laptop in it.
When Reiger was found by police on a city bus, he resisted arrest and had to be subdued by Taser, police said.
Prosecutors say Reiger has about 37 prior convictions dating back to the late 1980s. He is being held in jail in lieu of $25,000 bond.
• Contact reporter Emily Russo Miller at 523-2263 or at emily.miller@juneauempire.com.
Comments (9)
Add commentAs he starts working the
As he starts working the system to suit his selfish needs. What a dirtbag!
Can he be...
...involuntarily committed if he's found to pose a threat to others?
kpawsuh
You are the dirtbag!
You do not know this man and you do not know the mental illness that he has. This man is not just "working the system"
As it says the police say he was not on any influence of any drugs or alcohol. In just about every other case there is, he was intoxicated.
You need to quit judging the people that you read about until you know everything about them.
And you know NOTHING about Mr. Reiger.
You sit on this damn website and judge everyone that you read about. You are a heartless person.
Heron Way!
I agree with you totally!! Kpawsuh is the dirt bag whom has nothing better to do. I bet K has worked the system also, just so he/she can sit on here and write dirt about everything in this community.
Larry's record speaks for
Larry's record speaks for itself.
Maybe you folks who seem to know him so well could give the public some enlightenment regarding all the wonderful deeds Larry has done for humanity in recent years.
criminal behavior
is often times associated with mental illness. Judging by his record I can't imagine defending him. It seems Larry's mental illness has made him a dirtbag. No use sugarcoating his behavior. His actions are that of a class A loser. His mental illness is the culprit, but he's still a class A loser.
You guys crack me up! Your
You guys crack me up! Your actually defending Larry?!?! OK so you could argue that anyone who commits a crime wasn't mentally competent at the time, or they wouldn't have done it.Larry seems to have shown a pretty good pattern of being "off his meds" or whatever. He has proven himself to be a complete grade A, number 1 dirtbag! I am very familiar with this case and know a fair amount about Larry as well. He does whatever the heck he wants regardless of who he hurts, and then blames it on whatever he thinks will help him get away with it. "Oooh, its my mental illness!" If his mental illness affects him that often, then lets have him committed for life, as this seems to be practically a permanent condition. Heron, AKboyz, has Larry ever attacked you or your family? Has he robbed you? Or are you just his drinking/drugging buddies? I know for a fact what Larry is capable of. Everyone I have talked to who knows him, and is not also equally dirtbag-ish, says Larry is a dirtbag. I give people the benefit of the doubt, but Larry is beyond doubt, without a question, a dirtbag. One or two convictions, OK, you made a mistake. 20 and up, you are a dirtbag. I think Larry is well over 40. This could even qualify him as a royal dirtbag. 'Nuf said!
Kpawsuh
I could not agree with you more I was born next door to Larry I have known him all my life he does know how to play the system he has hurt everyone he has ever known encluding me I have seen him minipulate the court system to serve his ways he is a very smart educated person with no respect for the law which he blames on serving his country which was getting stoned in Amsterdam so whatever .... Larry Reiger is something society stepped in and needs to scrape off their shoe ... This thing (Larry ) has sucker punched everyone from his best friend to his mother and gotten away with it .... It is time it ended ..... As for those of you defending Reiger you are welcome to house him and care for him al you want.... Good luck with that .... P.S. I was born 1960 not yesterday
Heronway! Akboyz01
Wake up !