A Baker City man accused of assaulting a letter carrier in December 2024 in Baker City will stay in a psychological treatment facility in Missouri, where he has been since June, for at least four more months.
Randy Warren Kahn, 49, is charged with hitting the U.S. Postal Service employee in the forehead with the stock of a BB gun on Dec. 14, 2024, in south Baker City.
Kahn is accused of assault on a federal employee using a dangerous weapon. Kahn’s attorney, Megha Desai, a federal public defender, on March 31 filed a notice that Kahn “intends to rely on the defense of insanity at the time of trial in this matter, and will be presenting expert testimony on that issue.”
On March 4 a federal judge committed Kahn to federal custody for “treatment in a suitable facility for a reasonable period of time, not to exceed four months.” The purpose of the treatment, according to the judge’s order, is to determine whether “there is a substantial probability that in the foreseeable future” that Kahn will be capable of assisting in his defense.
