Woman who claimed Texas attack was hoax deemed set for trial

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A woman who confronted the pastor of  the church where more than two dozen worshippers were gunned down and claimed the attack was staged has been deemed competent to stand trial.

Mental health experts determined 57-year-old Jodie Marie Mann, of San Marcos, is ready to stand trial on federal gun charges.

During a hearing Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia denied her request to be released on bond.

The woman who has referred to herself as “Conspiracy Granny,” last year accosted pastor Frank Pomeroy and demanded proof that the 2017 shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs actually occurred.

Mann was deemed incompetent in the months after she was arrested at the church along with her boyfriend at the time.

Prosecutors say she helped the boyfriend obtain firearms that he wasn’t allowed to have because of a prior conviction.