Crime & Safety
Guaman Competency Case Deferred until June
A status hearing in the Nicolas Guaman case has been scheduled for June 11.

WORCESTER — Prosecutors and defense attorneys will next meet on the Nicolas Guaman case in June, a two-month delay approved Thursday because the judge sitting on the competency case was not in court.
Superior Judge Janet Kenton-Walker is presiding over the competency issue. but could become competent with access to a qualified translator.
Attorneys agreed to set a June 11 date for a status hearing.
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Guaman, 34, an Ecuadorian citizen, is charged with second-degree murder and numerous other felony counts.
Guaman is being held without bail in a Worcester County facility. That status has not changed as a result of the competency ruling.
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