A mental competency evaluation has been ordered for a Villager after a frightening incident in which he refused to leave his neighbor’s property.
Andrew Brian Cleary, 56, who lives at 4138 Xanthus Court in the Callahan Villas in the Village of Osceola Hills, continues to be held without bond at the Sumter County Detention Center where he has been lodged since his arrest in the strange episode.
This past week in Sumter County Court, a judge approved a motion seeking a psychological evaluation of the New Jersey native.
Cleary was at a home on Oct. 9 on Victory Drive in the Village of Osceola Hills when he “displayed irrational behavior” and “began ranting about God,” according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. He claimed that God was speaking to him.
Cleary had been in the other resident’s yard, but stepped back into the street. While deputies were at the scene, Cleary took a few steps back onto the resident’s property.
“He repeatedly asserted that he was on God’s land, and he could go wherever he wants, whenever he wants,” a deputy wrote in the arrest report.
A deputy told Cleary he needed to get off the resident’s property.
“No,” he said.
Cleary, who stands 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds, firmly stood in a praying position.
Cleary tensed up when deputies attempted to take hold of his arms. He resisted being handcuffed and would not cooperate when deputies tried to put him into the back of a patrol car.
Cleary, who purchased his home in the Callahan Villas this past November, is facing charges of trespassing and resisting arrest.