Hearing delayed in police standoff, alleged jail assault case

Ordez Eugene Kompkoff ()

Ordez Eugene Kompkoff ()

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man charged after a police standoff and an alleged assault in the Clallam County jail will get a new trial date Friday.

Ordez Eugene Kompkoff’s June 13 trial will be reset because he has yet to be evaluated by a psychiatrist, court papers show.

The 21-year-old is charged with first-degree kidnapping, second-degree assault with a deadly weapon, first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, first-degree escape, heroin possession and two counts of harassment-threats to kill in connection with a standoff with law enforcement at the Salt Creek RV Park on Jan. 26.

Kompkoff is also charged with first-degree robbery and second-degree assault for allegedly attacking a fellow jail inmate Feb. 7 and Feb. 10.

He has maintained his innocence.

Court-appointed psychiatrist

Defense attorney Karen Unger reported Friday that Dr. Kenneth Muscatel, a Seattle-based, court-appointed psychiatrist, had not yet met with her client.

Unger had requested the evaluation for a potential diminished-capacity defense.

Unger told Superior Court Judge Erik Rohrer that she would follow up with Muscatel on Friday, according to the minutes of a court hearing.

Kompkoff is being held in the Clallam County jail on $750,000 bail and a state Department of Corrections hold.

Corrections officials allege that Kompkoff skipped work release in Kitsap County prior to his arrest.

During the standoff, Kompkoff allegedly held a man hostage and threatened to shoot law enforcement officers, according to the affidavit for probable cause.

Clallam County sheriff’s deputies found a loaded .357 revolver and a .380 semi-automatic pistol inside the residence and what appeared to be heroin residue on Kompkoff after he surrendered, according to the arrest report.

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Reporter Rob Ollikainen can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 56450, or at rollikainen@peninsuladailynews.com.

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