The 32-year-old Middletown Township man charged with beheading his father, making threats, and entering a military base as he was being sought had his preliminary hearing rescheduled.
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The hearing for Justin Mohn was set for Thursday at the Bucks County Justice Center in Doylestown before District Judge Charles Jonas, but it was rescheduled to August 22, according to Manuel Gamiz, the spokesperson for the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office.
The rescheduling of the high-profile court hearing comes weeks after the county’s public defender assigned to the case filed paperwork dealing with Mohn’s mental competency.
The paperwork to discuss Mohn’s mental competency has led to a hearing that is scheduled for August 1 at the Justice Center.
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Mohn has been jailed since his arrest in late January after the crime that made international headlines.
Credit: Bucks County District Attorney’s Office
The 32-year-old Levittown man is facing murder in the first degree, abuse of a corpse, possession of an instrument of crime, terrorism, robbery, firearms not to be carried without a license, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, criminal use of a communication facility, terroristic threats, and defiant trespassing.
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On January 30, Mohn allegedly fatally shot his 68-year-old father, Michael Mohn, at their home in Levittown. Following the shooting, Mohn decapitated his father using a knife and machete, authorities said.
After the murder, Mohn uploaded a 14-minute video to YouTube showing off the decapitation. The video gained thousands of views before being pulled off the internet.
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Mohn fled Bucks County in his father’s car.
The 32 year old was apprehended hours later inside Fort Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania National Guard training complex near Harrisburg by base and state police.
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Authorities allege Mohn attempted to rally support to overthrow the federal government, targeting President Joe Biden and other federal officials.
The video posted by Mohn called for violent actions against federal employees across the country.
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Mohn’s father was a longtime federal employee with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Philadelphia.
During a search of the Mohn family home, investigators found a 9mm shell casing, weapons used in the crime, and evidence of plans to spread his message online.
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During his arrest, Mohn was found in possession of a USB device containing photos of federal buildings and bomb-making instructions.
Mohn, a graduate of Neshaminy High School and Penn State University, had legally purchased the firearm used in the killing the day before the incident at a store in Bristol Township’s Croydon section, but he did not have a proper license for it, according to court papers.
Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn noted earlier this year that Mohn had no prior mental health diagnoses or commitments.
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