Ottawa Police do not file a complaint against a man arrested at the Hill Hill incident

Police no longer accuse a man who caused security problems on Parliament Hill on Monday after further examination.

Although having already announced that they were accusing Jesse Mooney of badault and breach of probation, the police said Tuesday afternoon, by email, "another investigation was conducted by another section of the Ottawa police has allowed to prosecute anyone ".

A spokesperson said in an email that "the charges have not yet been laid." exit Monday and Tuesday, respectively. The Ottawa Police Service did not provide any details on what the thorough investigation revealed.

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Mooney, 24, was arrested by police after his arrest on Hill's lawn during the change of guard ceremony Monday morning. He was already wanted by the police for another alleged altercation that had occurred the day before.

The police update comes after Mooney made a brief appearance in Ottawa on Tuesday night – on charges related to this other alleged altercation – where he caused he was ordered by the judge who presided over the case. hearing to meet a court psychiatrist.

Mooney, who appeared via videoconference, reprimanded the lawyer who appeared on his behalf and demanded that he be fired. When the lawyer did a psychiatric badessment, Mooney launched a tirade – shouting that he needed medication, not psychiatric help, and that he wanted to see a doctor.

Judge Matthew Webber repeatedly asked Mooney to stop speaking. the question.

Mooney is scheduled to meet a forensic psychiatrist on Wednesday morning at the Ottawa courthouse, which will help "identify problems" related to his criminal responsibility and if he is fit to stand trial, said his defense lawyer.

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Ottawa police said in a statement that Mooney had had a "verbal argument" with another 32-year-old man early Sunday morning on a walking trail near the 4000 block of Bridle Drive, south of Hunt Club Road.

Mooney allegedly took a "non-provoked" "punch" against the other man and then fled the area. The alleged victim called 911 at approximately 7:20 am and told the police that Mooney had hit him with a knife and cut off his hand.

Mooney was arrested the next day between 10:15 and 10:40 on the lawn

While the first reports indicated that Mooney was carrying a knife, the Parliamentary Protective Service tweeted later that day that it was "inaccurate And that a "small pocket knife" had been found nearby

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Defense attorney Jonathan Boss told reporters that he had represented Mooney in the past, but that ### 39, he was not officially his lawyer for the incidents of Sunday or Monday. he no longer wants that he be his lawyer, but the judge asked Boss to "follow the case for the moment" until he had had the 39 opportunity to reflect on Mooney's claim

Mooney remains in custody in the custody of Ottawa-Carleton.

Questioned by a reporter about whether Mooney lives with mental health problems, Boss said he could not say for sure, but he added that he and the Crown [traduction] "had to strong suspicions. He added that the behavior of the accused in court on Tuesday, which he described as "very agitated," explains why the lawyers want Mooney to meet a doctor.

Change of custody takes place every day at 10 am during the summer months. and (d) dozens of reservists in the Canadian Forces.

Security on and around Parliament Hill has been significantly increased since the outbreak of a terrorism-related shooting in October 2014 that resulted in the death of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo as he stood guard near the National War Memorial

– With records of Monique Scotti and the Canadian Press