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DETROIT – The 27-year-old Ohio man who was arrested after authorities say he walked through a passenger screening checkpoint at Detroit Metropolitan Airport without a boarding pass faces a new charge.

The Wayne County prosecutor's office filed the charge of resisting and obstructing a police officer Tuesday.

The charge comes after the man identified in a criminal complaint as Kaylan L. Policherla appeared briefly in U.S. District Court in Detroit. He is charged there with violating federal security requirements.

Magistrate Judge Mark Randon also granted federal defender Dave Tholen's request for a mental health evaluation.

A message seeking comment from Tholen on the additional charge was left with a federal defender for Policherla.