<div id="subtitle">Utah judge orders psychiatric evaluation for man charged with threatening Obama</div><div><p>A judge on Wednesday ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a man accused of telling bank employees he was "on a mission to kill" President Barack Obama.</p><p>Federal Magistrate Robert T. Braithwaite ordered the evaluation for Daniel James Murray, 36, originally from Rexford, N.Y., who has a history of mental illness, according to his family and prosecutors.</p><p>Murray says he is competent but won't fight the government request, said his public defender, Robert Steele.</p><p>The U.S. Secret Service has said Murray threatened the president last month at Zions First National Bank in St. George, a town in southern Utah.</p><p>Court documents said Murray was the registered owner of at least eight firearms, but it wasn't clear whether he still owned them.</p><p>Federal agents arrested him June 5 outside a Nevada casino. The felony charge of making a threat against the president carries a possible sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.</p><p>While withdrawing money from an $85,000 savings account May 27, Murray allegedly delivered a rambling discourse on the probability of economic and social disorder and stated, "We are on a mission to kill the president of the United States," according to the Secret Service.</p><p>A magistrate in Nevada initially ordered Murray to pay $2,000 a month for his legal defense, but Braithwaite dropped that requirement Wednesday because Murray said he was using the money to buy a condominium in Laughlin, Nev.</p><p>His father, Michael Murray of Clifton Park, N.Y., has told The Associated Press that his son headed west in March with money received from selling his home in Rexford.</p><p>"He has a mental illness and he needs help," said his mother, Barbara Murray. "We're very concerned and we love him. But he's not well."</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=52933580&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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