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The mental competency of Catherine Hoggle is expected to be discussed in a Rockville district courtroom Thursday morning. It’s been almost three years since the 30-year-old mother was charged with hindering, neglect and obstruction in the case of her missing children, Sarah (6) And Jacob (5). Since her arrest on the misdemeanor charges, she has […]

Catherine Hoggle, the 30-year-old mother of missing Sarah (6) and Jacob (4) Hoggle, is making progress towards competency at the state psychiatric hospital where she is being treated but remains not competent to stand trial, according to her attorney David Felsen. It’s been over two years since Hoggle was charged by Montgomery County police officers […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra, defense attorney David Felsen discusses the doctor who has evaluated Catherine Hoggle’s competency at Clifton T. Perkins State Hospital. Hoggle has been treated for mental health issues for 18 months now.  She is the last known person to have seen her children, Sarah and Jacob, before they disappeared in Sept. of […]

Doctors say Catherine Hoggle is mentally incompetent to stand trial. But some of her family members disagree. Now prosecutors want to challenge the doctors at a state hospital where Hoggle has been undergoing treatment for over a year, and they want to hire their own doctor to evaluate her. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports a judge […]

Catherine Hoggle is due back in a Montgomery County courtroom on Monday, Feb. 22nd. Hoggle, who has been treated for mental health issues at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital for over a year now, is the last known person to have seen her young children Sarah (5) and Jacob (3) before they disappeared in September of […]

Catherine Hoggle appeared in a Rockville courtroom on Nov. 23rd for a status hearing about her competency and the judge assigned to the hearing also ruled against a defense motion that was filed to dismiss the charges against her in district court. After the hearing, defense attorney David Felsen fielded questions about that motion and […]

Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center has found that Catherine Hoggle is not competent to stand trial, according to a court motion filed by her attorney David Felsen. That psychiatric evaluation on the Clarksburg mom who has been charged in connection with her children’s disappearance, was submitted on Monday, Felsen said. In the filing made on Tuesday, Felsen says Hoggle’s […]