Bush Caller Is Ruled Competent to Be Tried
A Glendale man who allegedly threatened the life of President Bush in a phone call to the White House was ruled competent Wednesday to stand trial.
U.S. Magistrate John Kronenberg said he was persuaded by a staff psychiatric report from Metropolitan Detention Center that Karl Robert Schmidt, 47, was able to understand the charge against him. A federal complaint alleges that Schmidt threatened the life of the President on Nov. 9, when he called the White House to complain about the Social Security system and his disability payments.
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