MONCTON, N.B. - A man charged in New Brunswick with uttering a threat to cause death to peace officers has been ordered to undergo a five-day psychiatric assessment to determine his ability to stand trial.
Jasper John Stam was charged earlier this week with uttering a threat in Moncton between May 10 and 18.
The 24-year-old is to return to provincial court in Moncton on Monday for a bail hearing.
Judge Anne Dugas-Horsman has continued an order that Stam have no contact with the accused in the shooting deaths of three RCMP officers last Wednesday in Moncton.
RCMP have said the charge against Stam is not connected to their investigation of the fatal shooting of constables Fabrice Georges Gevaudan, Douglas James Larche and Dave Joseph Ross.
Outside court, defence lawyer Jean Cormier said he has not received all the information yet from the Crown and further details will have to wait until the case returns to court.
