After another heated, two-hour hearing, a Jefferson Parish district court judge found Jerman Neveaux competent enough to assist attorneys with his defense against charges that he gunned down Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Detective David Michel. The ruling Wednesday (Oct. 18) concludes a series of three sanity hearings on the matter. Neveaux's defense attorney, Martin Regan, argued his client should be declared incompetent because his cognitive function is low due to lead poisoning as a child and head injuries he received as a result of excessive force used by deputies used by deputies during his arrest in the shooting. Judge Conn...