Man Taken Off Plane Is Found Competent Floridian Could Be Released On Bail Friday

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BANGOR - A federal judge Wednesday found a Florida man, who was taken off a plane that was diverted to Bangor last month, competent to participate in his own defense. Derek Stansberry's court-ordered conversations with psychologists, however, probably aren't over.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Margaret Kravchuk continued a bail hearing for Stansberry, 27, of Riverview, Fla., until Friday afternoon at the request of Assistant U.S. Attorney Nancy Torresen. She attempted Wednesday to make a motion that Stansberry be held without bail and observed by doctors for 45 days at a medical facility run by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

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Man Taken Off Plane Is Found Competent Floridian Could Be Released On Bail Friday

Kravchuk told Torresen it was too early in the process for her to consider it. The federal prosecutor most likely will renew that motion on Friday.

Also on Friday, an officer with U.S....

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