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Middletown woman competent to stand trial for Mar-a-lago chase

Authorities say she danced on the hood of her SUV before speeding away from a trooper on Jan. 31.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla — A Connecticut opera singer is mentally competent to stand trial on charges she sped through a checkpoint outside President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, drawing gunfire.

Hannah Roemhild's attorney says she responded well to the medication she has received while jailed.  The attorney says the 30-year-old Connecticut resident has a history of mental illness. 

Authorities say Roemhild danced on the hood of her SUV before speeding away from a trooper on Jan. 31. 

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They say she barreled through the nearby checkpoint, almost hitting deputies and Secret Service agents. They fired, shattering her back window. She was arrested a short time later.  

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