Man ruled incompetent for trial in boy’s water slide push

HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota judge has found a 19-year-old man incompetent to stand trial on charges he pushed an 8-year-old boy off a slide at a suburban Minneapolis water park last summer.
Judge Timothy McManus decided Tuesday the case against Roman Adams of Maple Grove cannot proceed because of “mental illness.”
Adams faces two assault charges for allegedly pushing the boy, who fell 31 feet (9 meters) to the ground at the Apple Valley Aquatic Center in July. The boy su