A Bowling Green man accused of striking his roommate with a baseball bat has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Wesley Doolittle III, 43, was transported from jail Monday to the courtroom of Wood County Common Pleas Judge Molly Mack.
Mack said the professional opinion of a psychiatrist who evaluated Doolittle on behalf of the Court Diagnostic and Treatment Center said he did not know the wrongness of his act.
That meets the legal criteria for a not guilty by reason of insanity plea, she said.
The court determined in July that Doolittle was able to understand the nature and objectives of the proceedings and able to assist in his own defense, therefore deemed competent to stand trial. It was at that time the not guilty by reason of insanity evaluation was ordered.
Doolittle was indicted for felonious assault, a second-degree felony, in June.
Bowling Green Police were dispatched May 27 to the 400 block of Clough Street on the report of a fight between roommates over cleaning duties.
When officers arrived around 2:28 p.m., Dolittle was found standing outside. He claimed to have gone at the alleged victim with a baseball bat out of self-defense, according to the report.
He also allegedly first pulled the trigger on a flare gun, which jammed, according to police.
Officers then spoke to the injured person, who was on the dining room floor bleeding from his right hand and holding his left leg saying it was broken. Officers checked the person’s hand and observed a laceration to his right ring finger that was not bleeding profusely. Officers tried to raise his arm but he was holding his leg in pain, according to the report.
BG EMS arrived and tended to the alleged victim’s injuries.
The 61-year-old alleged victim told police that Dolittle got upset and hit him in the leg with the baseball bat, then struck him with the sword.
The victim was transported to St. Vincent’s Hospital in Toledo.
Dolittle was arrested for felonious assault and was taken to jail, where he has remained on $5,000 bond.
A hearing to determine if Doolittle is subject to hospitalization was set for Oct. 22.
