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Post Office Arson Case for Pat Tillman’s Brother Suspended for Competency Exam
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, JUL 20 – Richard Tillman live-streamed crashing his vehicle into the Almaden Valley post office, causing a fire that required 50 firefighters to extinguish, officials said.
- Richard Tillman, 44, was arrested after crashing into a post office in San Jose, California, causing a fire that damaged the building, according to San Jose police.
- The incident occurred around 3 a.m. on Sunday, and authorities reported that the fire destroyed the interior of the post office.
- A judge ordered a competency test for Richard Tillman and set his bail at $135,000.
- Richard Tillman has been known to struggle with severe mental health issues for many years.
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Sun-Sentinel
Post office arson case for Pat Tillman’s brother suspended for competency exam
SAN JOSE — Richard Tillman will not be prosecuted for allegations that he tried to destroy a post office with his flaming car — while livestreaming the entire saga — pending a competency exam after his court-appointed attorney raised doubt about his mental fitness. That prompted the 44-year-old defendant, clad in a yellow jumpsuit in a Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Hector Ramon’s courtroom, to lash out and vouch for his perception. Ric…
Associated Press News
Late NFL star Pat Tillman's brother to undergo mental competency test before trial over crash
A judge has ordered brother of late NFL star-turned-soldier Pat Tillman will undergo a mental competency test before his trial on arson and vandalism charges.
Pat Tillman’s Brother Used Grocery Store Starter Logs to Set Car, Post Office on Fire, Court Docs Say
According to a probable cause affidavit accompanying a criminal complaint for felony arson and vandalism, Richard Tillman kept livestreaming the resulting inferno on YouTube even as he was being interrogated by a San Jose police officer and apparently confessing to the crimes.
Richard Tillman ‘battling severe mental health issues,’ family says
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- The brother of late NFL star Pat Tillman remains locked inside a San Jose jail Tuesday and accused of ramming his car into a federal post office. Richard Tillman, 44, of San Jose, was arrested after his car crashed into a U.S. Post Office near Almaden Country Club at 2:30 a.m. Sunday, police and fire officials said. The building went up in flames, and no injuries were reported. Investigators said the collision may have…
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Denver GazettePat Tillman’s brother used grocery store starter logs to set car, post office on fire, court docs say
Richard Tillman, youngest brother of the late NFL star and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, used "insta-logs" and lighter fluid bought from a grocery store to make his car into an incendiary device and set fire to a San Jose post office.
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