After reviewing a doctor’s report, a Lucas County judge ruled Tuesday that a man accused of trying to kill his wife in a Warehouse District restaurant last year did not have a severe mental defect at the time.
Judge Gary Cook then set a July 20 trial date for Matthew Exton, who is charged with attempted murder and three counts of felonious assault for the April 11, 2025, incident in the Sabira restaurant at 139 S. Huron St.
Mr. Exton, 43, of Traverse City, Mich., and formerly of the Toledo area, was kept from shooting his estranged or former wife only because he failed to disengage his gun’s safety lock, police said, and then was tackled by other restaurant patrons before he could get a shot off…