Feds Say Lunceford Should Not Be Released

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

by The Associated Press

Published: Thu, January 08, 2009 - 4:30 pm CST Last Updated: Thu, January 08, 2009 - 4:33 pm CST

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.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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mustuknow Says:

Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 7:52 am

Someone explain to me why he was in a dispute with the tenant and why that has anything to do with the story at hand. It seems to me that if he was in foreclosure the tenants were going to be out of the place eventually anyway. I just don’t understand what the tenant angle is….

As for Mr. Lunceford, ANYONE who willing burns something to profit should be charged with endangering a public servant or something along that line. I am sure there were MANY firemen there fighting the fire trying to save the building or other structures in close proximity. What if one of them would have been injured or killed due to this man’s selfishness??? JMO

claycitymadness Says:

Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 7:29 am

FINALLY they stopped referring to him as a former auburn football player. FORTY YEARS ago he played a few games and thats his life history? surely he has done something since then.