Overview

• De’Lawnte Hardy, 26, is charged with killing Cleveland police officer Jamieson Ritter and accused of killing his grandmother, Beatrice Porter.
• Judge Ashley Kilbane granted four additional months of inpatient treatment at Central Ohio Behavioral Health after testimony that antipsychotic medication is required, with involuntary dosing authorized since April.
• Prosecutors argued Hardy should not benefit from months of medication refusal, the defense said the refusal reflects his illness, and the judge found the reason irrelevant to the legal time calculation.
• The next hearing is set for Sept. 30 under Ohio’s framework that generally allows one year for restoration before indictments are dismissed, with potential refiling and civil commitment.
• After docket notes about suspected mail-delivered substances at the hospital, the Ritter family called for an investigation, and the facility reported no contraband was found and no outside agency was asked to investigate.