PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man’s trial on with assault and other crimes on a Clallam Transit bus in May will be rescheduled.
Riley Edge White’s July 18 trial was stricken Friday because the results of a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation by Dr. Kenneth Muscatel had not been provided to defense, court papers said.
White, 59, is accused of assaulting 80-year-old Angeline Olsen and Clallam Transit bus driver Joy Crummett on May 28.
Video released by Clallam Transit shows a man kicking Olsen in the face and then attacking the bus driver.
The man tried to start the bus after the attacks, but Crummett had deactivated the battery, Port Angeles police said.
White is charged with first-degree attempted kidnapping, first-degree attempted robbery and two counts of second-degree assault.
He posted a $30,000 bail bond June 16 and was arrested the next morning for allegedly violating orders to stay away from Clallam Transit facilities by sitting at a bus stop.
A second-degree trespassing charge was filed in District Court on June 20. White’s bail was raised to $50,000 June 24, court papers said.
In a Friday hearing, defense attorney Harry Gasnick said Muscatel had performed the evaluation on his client but he had not seen the report from the Seattle-based psychiatrist, according to the minutes of the hearing.
Gasnick and Michele Devlin, chief criminal deputy prosecuting attorney, agreed to strike the trial date.
Superior Court Judge Brian Coughenour scheduled a resolve/reset hearing for 9 a.m. July 18.
One of White’s felony assault charges is for strangulation. The other carries a special allegation that White caused the reckless infliction of substantial bodily harm on a vulnerable victim.
A trial for the misdemeanor trespass charge is set for Aug. 17 in District Court.
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