Feds Say Lunceford Should Not Be Released

Federal agents testified that Lunceford would be a threat to potential witnesses and his common law wife if he's released before trial.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG-TV
Published: January 08, 2009

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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Witnesses have testified that Gulf Shores
businessman Tommy Lunceford Jr. was in a dispute with a tenant in
his restaurant building and faced foreclosure on the property when
the landmark building burned in 2007.
The 62-year-old Lunceford was arrested Tuesday and charged with
arson, obstruction of justice and intimidating law enforcement
officers who investigated the blaze at Nick's restaurant.
At a detention hearing Thursday in Mobile, federal agents
testified that Lunceford would be a threat to potential witnesses
and his common law wife if he's released before trial.
U.S. Magistrate Judge William Cassady did not immediately rule
on prosecutors' detention request, but Lunceford remained in
custody pending a formal order.

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