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Suspect Found Competent in Fake Marathon Bomb Threat
A North Mankato man has been found competent to stand trial on charges he phoned in a fake bomb threat to last year's Mankato Marathon. Fifty-seven-year-old Brian Mechler appeared Tuesday in a Nicollet County courtroom where results of a mental health evaluation were presented.