Mental exam delays racist graffiti hearing

A mental examination of Adam M. Moore, the 24-year-old Snoqualmie resident and self-proclaimed “satanic Aryan” charged in a wave of 2009 graffiti attacks, will delay his arraignment and competency hearing until Monday, March 1, media reports stated.

Investigators connected Moore with a series of racist graffiti incidents in Snoqualmie last summer. King County prosecutors filed nine counts of malicious mischief against him on Jan. 20. In September, county prosecutors charged Moore with assault after he bit a Snoqualmie police officer during an altercation at Smokey Joe’s Tavern.

Moore remains in custody at King County Jail.