Man accused in Fredonia standoff pleads not guilty by reason of mental defect

Man accused in Fredonia standoff pleads not guilty by reason of mental defect

The man accused in a multi-day armed standoff that shut down a Fredonia neighborhood for days last May has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.Matthew Novak sat silently in court Monday as his attorney entered the special plea on six felony counts. The case had been delayed for several months after Novak was initially ruled incompetent to stand trial, but he has since been restored to competency. "I would like to enter a spe…