STATE HOSPITAL FOR HIJACK SUSPECT

A judge has put a criminal case on hold for a man accused of hijacking a Lerdo Jail transport van. 24-year-old Ramon Castro was ordered to be committed to a mental institution Wednesday for up to three years. He was being transported from Lerdo in March when Castro slipped out of his handcuffs and commandeered the van before being stopped at gunpoint. There wree several other inmates in the van at the time.

Sean Michael Lisle