By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – The Packwood man awaiting trial for allegedly forcing his young woman friend up a logging road and then dragging her out of the Glenoma grocery while armed with a machete this summer will be seeing the psychiatrists again before his case can proceed.
Zachery H. Bynum
Zachery H. Bynum, 41, was arrested and charged in July but his lawyer said his mental stability was in question so he was evaluated by doctors at Western State Hospital before he could be arraigned.
He was found to be competent enough to understand his court proceedings, his lawyer David Arcuri said today.
However, Arcuri told a judge a today, he has concerns once more and asked for Bynum’s competency to be evaluated again.
It’s based upon what occurred when he visited his client in the jail yesterday, Arcuri said, but didn’t offer any detail.
Bynum was arrested at gunpoint at the end of a police pursuit on July 16 after he allegedly forced a 22-year-old Morton woman to flee a deputy in her truck. Court documents state the events of that day came after she met with Bynum to tell him she could not see him any more.
He is charged with first-degree kidnapping and second-degree assault and other offenses.
This summer, when Bynum was first to go before a judge, he refused. His first lawyer told a judge Bynum had significant mental issues.
The next time he was in court, when Arcuri requested his client meet with experts at the state mental hospital, he vigorously disagreed with the plan and tried to fire Arcuri.
A judge signed an order today to have Bynum evaluated again and cancelled the scheduled trial.
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For background, read “Packwood kidnapping suspect heads to mental hospital” from Sunday July 28, 2013, here
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
I do not know about Zach today and the picture is terrible but I knew this man once upon a time when he was younger. He was handsome . He was a good father , he had a thriving business and he provided for and loved his family. Some how it all went terribly wrong for him. I feel for his family and for him . Maybe it was drugs or maybe it is mental illness , but one thing I do know , he was not always like this. Sometimes our children take a wrong turn , I hope he gets some help.
In Western State they have Pill Line 3 times a day. Come and get your Ding biscuit’s.
Am I the only one here who looks at that picture and thinks “The only thing missing is a light bulb screw in his mouth!”
I swear he looks like a young uncle Fester!
He looks perfectly normal.
“…she met with Bynum to tell him she could not see him any more.”
Again, what?? She met with him because she wasn’t supposed to? I wonder if she’s thinking that maybe she should have done just that – not see him…. not that she deserved to get hurt (no one deserves that, except that guy that raped the 8 year old but blamed it on “drugs”) but she put herself in harms’ way…
I just don’t get it… maybe I should change from “meh” to “WTH??”