Judge orders psychiatric evaluation for man who allegedly killed FL Lyft driver

The judge ordered a psychological evaluation at the request of the lawyer of a man who was arrested in North Carolina while driving a dead Florida Lyft driver and who is also charged with murder in a separate case.

The order came Wednesday as Florida officials worked to extradite Matthew Scott Flores, who has a stake in the death of Lyft driver Gary Levin, WLOS-TV reported.

Flores, 35, appeared in court for good cause in Rutherford County, where he was arrested after chasing a car in multiple counties and charged with violating parole, running away, speeding to avoid arrest, and driving under the influence. His lawyer requested an assessment, and the judge granted it, according to the channel.

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Flores was also charged in Hardy County, Florida with first-degree murder, grand larceny, possession of a firearm by a perpetrator, and falsifying evidence in the January 24 murder of 43-year-old Jose Carlos Martinez in Vouchula. according to the protocol of the court.

Police were looking for Flores in the case on Jan. 30, when Levin, 74, disappeared after giving a client a lift in Okeechobee, a small town about 70 miles east of Wochula.

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Levin’s Kia Stinger has been spotted in Miami, Okeechobee and Gainesville, North Florida after it went missing. The vehicle was pulled over on February 2 in North Carolina, where a US Marshals Service regional task force asked authorities to be on the lookout.

Eventually a corpse found in Okeechobee was identified as Levine.

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In North Carolina, District Attorney Ted Bell, who represents McDowell and Rutherford counties, told WLOS he plans to settle Flores’ charges in North Carolina before he is sent to Florida.

“We are not a jurisdiction that drops charges,” Bell said after the hearing. “We have been in close contact with people from the Florida State Attorney’s Office. We will continue to be in close contact with them as the case progresses on this case which way is best for everyone. I’m not inclined to fire him, it just depends on what’s better overall.”