ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The man who allegedly attacked New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin during a campaign rally will remain behind bars until more is known about the state of his mental health, a federal judge ruled Thursday. 

David Jakubonis, 43, will remain in custody pending more information from the Department of Veterans Affairs about a recent mental illness diagnosis, Judge Marian Payson said during a detention hearing in Rochester federal court.

“I am very much disinclined to release Mr. Jakubonis to live with himself,” the judge said. “Such an unstructured setting is not an environment I would be amenable to.”