Judge orders mental evaluation for Baker City man tased during arrest

BAKER CITY — A judge has ordered a mental health evaluation for Jonathon Russell Romine, the 45-year-old Baker City man tased twice by Baker City Police after he fled from officers and resisted arrest on Oct. 25. Judge Matt Shirtcliff in Baker County Circuit Court signed an order on Tuesday, Nov. 10, for a mental health consultation for Romine, who has been in the Baker County Jail since his arrest. His bail is $200,000. A day earlier, on Nov. 9, Romine’s court-appointed attorney, Kyra Rohner, submitted a notice to the court stating that she was not sure Romine was mentally able to proceed in the criminal case. Romine had been scheduled to enter a plea to several charges on Nov. 16, but Shirtcliff canceled that and instead scheduled a hearing, to consider Romine’s mental condition, on Nov. 23 at 9 a.m. Baker City Police arrested Romine about 2:35 p.m. on Oct. 25 near Albertsons grocery on Campbell Street.

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