Evaluation finds Youngstown stabbing suspect incompetent to stand trial

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — An evaluation has found a man accused of a January stabbing is incompetent to stand trial.

The evaluation recommended that Kevin Kramer, 45, be placed in treatment to see if his competency can be restored, although the evaluation also said it doubted if Kramer’s evaluation can be restored.

Judge Anthony Donofrio in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court ordered the evaluation, which was completed recently.

Judge Donofrio ruled today that Kramer be placed in a treatment facility and another hearing will be held within four months to determine Kramer’s progress.

Kramer is charged with stabbing a man in the neck Jan. 8 at a home in the 500 block of Ridge Avenue on the South Side.

Reports said police were called about 8:40 p.m. to the home for a report of a stabbing, and when they arrived, a small child came out, latched on to an officer’s leg and said her father had been stabbed by her uncle.

Police went inside and found a man holding a knife in the kitchen standing over Kramer, who was on the floor. The man was ordered at gunpoint to drop the knife and get on the ground, which he did.

Kramer was covered in blood, reports said. Reports said the other man told police he was sitting on a chair when Kramer came up from behind and sliced his throat before he managed to beat Kramer severely.

Both men were treated at St. Elizabeth Health Center for their injuries, with Kramer remaining overnight before he was booked into the Mahoning County jail, where he remains.

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