A court hearing over mental-health competency for a man charged with murder nearly came to blows between an Oklahoma County prosecutor and a public defender. Both sides met in court on Thursday for Benjamin Plank, 37, who is accused of ambushing two Oklahoma County Sheriff’s deputies in 2022, killing Deputy Bobbie Swartz and wounding Deputy Mark Johns.
The judge abruptly ended the hearing after attorneys for both sides argued over allowing a witness to testify. The witness is a psychologist who has been treating Plank while he is in custody at the state’s mental health facility in Vinita.
The hearing did not go as anticipated for Johns and the family of fallen Deputy Swartz…