Judge Weighs Competency of Warren Man in Sex Registry Case
Glenn Reed, 78, was charged in 2023 with violating registry rules, and the case has been on hold pending a ruling on his mental fitness.
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Judge John Martin took testimony on Oct. 9 on whether Glenn Reed, 78, of Warren is mentally competent to stand trial on charges that he violated Maine's sex offender registry law, the Bangor Daily News reported through its partnership with Midcoast Villager.
Reed was accused in 2023 of failing to send back required registry paperwork and of relocating without telling law enforcement. The prosecution has been on hold since then while the competency question is resolved.
Defense attorney Kayla Alves put a single witness on the stand, Robert Riley of the State Forensic Service, the agency that evaluates defendants' mental health for the courts. Riley said Reed told him during an interview that he was in frequent touch with actress Sandra Bullock and hoped to resolve the case so he could leave Maine to join her. Riley testified that Reed showed mild cognitive problems but not dementia, and that he grasped both the charge against him and how court proceedings work. Assistant District Attorney Christopher Fernald questioned whether the claim was a bid to be ruled incompetent or the result of someone defrauding Reed.
Reed, a lifetime registrant, was last convicted in April 2018 in Waldo County on two counts of unlawful sexual touching and received 364 days in jail.
This story was first reported by Bangor Daily News.
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