A defense attorney sought a mental health evaluation Friday for a man who appeared in court on charges of luring two firefighters into a home doused with gasoline and pulling a knife on them.
Melvin Jordan, 47, was out on bond because he had been granted a new trial in a murder case from 2005. On Friday, he was ordered held without bail on charges of attempted murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint and unlawful use of a weapon.
