HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Reno County District Judge Trish Rose Friday found that a defendant charged in two criminal cases is competent to stand trial and says she will set a trial date soon.

The case against 30-year-old Jesse Aich includes a home invasion from South Hutchinson and drug distribution going back to 2014 and 2015.

In one case, Aich is charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to package, possession of three other drugs (hydrocodone, oxycodone and morphine), felony theft of a firearm, possession of stolen property, criminal possession of a firearm and a final count of personal use drug paraphernalia.

This case started with a search warrant served on his residence where he apparently lived in a basement bedroom. Inside that room, law enforcement allegedly found a baggie that contained a crystal substance, a baggie containing a powdery substance, a digital scale with white residue, new packaging materials, used baggies with residue, two 100-count boxes of syringes, glass pipes with burnt residue officers say were used to smoke meth, several types of pills and over $1,000 in cash. This case goes back to 2014.

In the other case, he’s charged with two counts of attempted aggravated robbery, two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, criminal discharge of a firearm, criminal possession of a firearm, possession of methamphetamine, marijuana and five different prescription drugs, all with intent to distribute, and possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to distribute drugs.

Aich and 32-year-old Charles Swepston were arrested for an incident that happened early in the morning on Friday, July 31, 2015.

Apparently, a mental evaluation at Larned indicates that he is competent, so Judge Rose stated in court that she would set a trial date in the two cases in the near future.