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CLEVELAND (WJW) – A Cuyahoga County Common Pleas judge has granted a prosecutor’s motion asking for a state mental health facility to turn over records showing a man accused of killing a Cleveland police officer is taking his prescribed medications.
Last September, Delawnte Hardy was ruled incompetent to stand trial. He was sent for inpatient treatment at Central Ohio Behavioral Health in Columbus in October of 2024.
The state has one year for Hardy to be restored to competency. If he is not found competent in a year, he could remain indefinitely institutionalized.
The judge recently extended the time for Hardy to be deemed competent to stand trial after learning Hardy delayed his treatment by failing to take his medicine for five months.
Doctors said Hardy started taking his medications last March after the court ordered “forced” medications.
Prosecutors now want proof that Hardy is being forced to take his medication and asked to view blood tests to confirm the drug is in Hardy’s system. The judge agreed.
“The court orders COBH to produce all records: 1: Documenting all medications prescribed, including the dosage and frequency for which the medications are to be taken by defendant; 2. Documenting the time, date, and dosages of the medications successfully administered to defendant since 4/1/25; 3, Documenting the results of any blood tests; 4. Documenting any other testing performed since 4/1/25 that indicates the therapeutic levels of the medication in defendant’s system; 5. If there have been no tests performed that can measure the therapeutic levels of medications, respond, in writing, whether such tests exist,” the court order states.
The judge also ordered the hospital to send the records to the court’s bailiff so the records can be reviewed.
Police said in July 2024, Hardy shot and killed Cleveland Officer Jamieson Ritter. He is also accused of killing his own grandmother, Beatrice Porter, in June 2024.
Officer Ritter’s parents have told the I-Team they are frustrated that Hardy was allowed to go so long without taking his medication. They have also said they want the hospital investigated. Ritter’s family and friends say they are still waiting for justice.
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Peggy Gallek
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