A Lane County judge Wednesday, Oct. 28, dismissed a bank theft case filed against a man found psychologically unfit to proceed.
Justin James Peterson, 37, had been held in Lane County Jail since Eugene police arrested him this past Dec. 29 on suspicion of theft at Key Bank on Coburg Road. He was charged with theft valued at $1,000 or more.
Lane County Circuit Judge Michelle Bassi’s dismissal of the case cited a June federal district court order imposing restrictions on state psychiatric hospital admissions…