WYOMING, Mich. — A psychological evaluation has been ordered for Javonte Higgins.

He’s been charged for a number of home invasions and auto theft in Wyoming. Police say the crimes happened in fall 2012.

Wednesday, Higgins faced a judge in Wyoming District Court for a preliminary hearing. He didn’t answer the judge’s questions nor did he make eye contact.

Normally, defendants are brought into the courtroom for their preliminary examination. Higgins did his prelim on closed circuit television.

“We’re doing this by video because you were smearing your own feces all over your face,” the judge said.

“You were refusing to come out of the cell. So we’ve chosen to do this by video for your own safety, for the safety of the staff and I guess for hygiene,” the judge explained.

Higgins sat shirtless and in a restraint. He drooled during the entire hearing. The court administrator says Higgins was very uncooperative with deputies before the court proceeding. That caused the hearing to be delayed.

Higgins is also the suspect in the murder of a Kentwood couple. David and Vivian Bouwman were found murdered in their home in early January. Higgins has yet to be charged in that case.

“We will ask though that any competency exam be done in a way that is the most secure way so that it can be done at the jail or other lockdown facility that would be my preference,” the judge said of Higgins.

“Mr. Higgins has presented himself to be a flight risk, number one and a number two, certainly a risk to the community,” he said to the court.

The judge will take a look at the psychological evaluation and then determine if Higgins’ case will be bound over to circuit court.

The court administrator says the evaluation could take up to six months to perform and get back.

KENT COUNTY, Mich – Court officials tell Fox 17 News a preliminary hearing for the suspect in a double murder is being delayed because he won’t leave his cell.

Javonte Higgins was scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 1 p.m. in a case of auto theft, home invasion and fleeing police. He was in a crash involving a stolen truck in December.

Jail officials said Higgins was ‘uncooperative’ as they were trying to transport him to court.

He is also the only suspect in the January killings of David and Vivian Bouwman in Kentwood.

WYOMING, Mich.–The only suspect in a double homicide of a Kentwood couple is being held at the Kent County jail without bond.

Javonte Higgins, 22, was arraigned via video on Friday in Wyoming  District Court on unrelated felony warrants for auto theft and home invasion.

During the arraignment, Higgins looked down and did not respond to the judge when asked to acknowledge the charges.

The judge called him uncooperative.

“I will take your swaying as a yes,” said Wyoming District Judge Pablo Cortes, when Higgins did not reply to his question.

Higgins was arraigned on two counts of felony home invasion, unlawful driving of a motor vehicle, and fleeing a police officer.

The charges stem from December 9th in Wyoming. Police say  Higgins stole rings and a truck from two homes located on 52nd Street, according to court records.

The burglaries took place within 100 yards of each other. Investigators say Higgins left the neighborhood and was driving fast.

When officers tried to pull him over, he ran a red light and crashed the stolen truck. The accident caused a serious injury to his hip that would later become crucial to his suspect description.

Higgins was taken to the hospital for his injuries, but ended up walking away before police could charge him.

He was arrested in January in the Chicago area

He remains the only suspect in the murders of David and Vivian Bouwman, but has not been charged in that case.

Kentwood Police are expected to meet with the Kent County Prosecutor sometime on Friday to discuss the case.

The elderly couple was found shot to death in their Kentwood home on January 5th.

Higgins is expected back in court for a preliminary hearing on the unrelated charges on April 17th at 1 p.m.

ILLINOIS – The man accused of killing David and Vivian Bouwman of Kentwood appeared in court today.

Investigators said they dropped the resisting arrest charges against Higgins in efforts to speed up the process of extraditing him back to Michigan.

Higgins was arrested near Chicago on Friday.

He is the only suspect in the Bouwman murders.

The couple was shot inside their home on Jan. 5.

Higgins is set to appear in an Illinois court in February.

He has not been charged in connection to the Bouwman murders.

KENTWOOD, Mich. — Javonte Higgins, the main suspect in the Kentwood double murder of David and Vivian Bouwman, ignored the judge during a hearing and was sent back to jail without bond.

The Kentwood Police Department was informed of the hearing on Wednesday.

According to a news release, Higgins refused to acknowledge the judge in the Illinois courtroom, and was remanded to jail without bond.

The Kent County Prosecutor’s Office will now be putting together a request for a governor’s warrant.  It will be sent to Lansing and then eventually to Illinois.  If the warrant is granted, HIggins will be arraigned, but he would be able to contest the document.

If the court is satisfied that police are focusing on the right suspect in Higgins, then he would be turned over for extradition to Michigan.  Another hearing has been set for February 20.