The man who allegedly stole an aircraft warning beacon off the top of the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge was ordered to undergo further mental health evaluation.
At a hearing Monday in Boston Municipal Court, a judge ordered Clifford Beckford Jr., 34, to continue to undergo evaluation at the Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center in Boston, where he has been held since his arraignment on March 4, said Jake Wark, a spokesman for the Suffolk district attorney’s office.
Beckford allegedly stole the beacon atop the landmark bridge on Feb. 3 and drove off with it in his car, Wark said. He later brought it to the Warren Tavern in Charlestown, where State Police found it in the basement.
Steven Boozang, the attorney for Beckford, called him a “very bright young man.”
“He has made a mistake, but certainly there was no malicious intent on his behalf,” Boozang said.
Beckford was arrested at a relative’s home in Melrose on March 3 and charged with multiple offenses, including breaking and entering, prosecutors said.
He is to appear in Boston Municipal Court on May 14.
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