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WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County prosecutors claim Paul Woychio remembers his birthday, Social Security benefits, the name of his lawyer and understands he has been found incompetent.

For those reasons, prosecutors believe, county Judge Joseph Sklarosky Jr. mistakenly decided Woychio, 43, of Wilson Street, Dupont, is incompetent to face numerous drug, theft and trespassing related charges in court.

Prosecutors filed their reasons Monday in county court related to their appeal in state Superior Court of Sklarosky’s decision on Feb. 27.

A competency hearing was held Jan. 27 before Sklarosky, who ruled Woychio is incompetent to proceed with numerous criminal cases filed against him. Sklarosky stayed Woychio’s cases until further order by the court.

A month after Woychio was deemed incompetent, Wilkes-Barre police charged him with robbing his girlfriend, Ann Dale, in the area of Barnes and Noble bookstore and Boscov’s Department Store on South Main Street on March 18.

Woychio and Dale left the bookstore, where she claimed Woychio pulled a knife and demanded money, according to the criminal complaint.

Dale told police Woychio physically removed $60 from her and ran away, the complaint says.

A witness not named in the complaint told police it appeared Woychio and Dale were arguing about obtaining drugs from another person.

Woychio was released from the county correctional facility after posting $1,000 bail on April 8. His preliminary hearing has been continued several times as police are unable to find Dale to testify.

District Judge Rick Cronauer last week gave police until April 28 to find Dale or the robbery case against Woychio may be dismissed.

Woychio has been arrested more than two dozen times over the last decade on a variety of offenses, including possessing illegal drugs and paraphernalia, disorderly conduct and trespassing, according to court records.

Each time, Woychio was declared incompetent to face charges in court.