HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - On June 15, 2023, Malajah Mcewen was charged with felony assault.

The backstory:

"He actually bit a police officer," said Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers.

Mcewen spent months free from jail on personal recognizance bond until he's declared incompetent.

After spending seven months at Rusk State Hospital, Mcewen is found competent to stand trial.

He returns to Harris County, and his PR bond is reinstated.

Following his release from the state hospital on August 1, 2024, a judge orders Mcewen to live at a halfway house just south of downtown.

The man in charge tells FOX 26, Mcewen was not a good fit and needed more stringent care.

Mcewen ends up at a west side group home, Creekview Adult Health Care Services.

About a month after moving in, police say Mcewen att

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