Friday, February 12, 2010

Baldwin County man sentenced to 5 years for arson, ordered to pay $2 million restitution | Breaking News from the Press-Register - al.com

Baldwin County man sentenced to 5 years for arson, ordered to pay $2 million restitution | Breaking News from the Press-Register - al.com: "After expressing some misgivings, a federal judge today accepted a plea bargain and sentenced a Baldwin County man to 5 years in prison for burning down his restaurant building in Gulf Shores.

U.S. District Judge William Steele also ordered Tommy Lunceford Jr. to pay more than $2 million in restitution -- an obligation that the penniless defendant has no hope of meeting, his attorney said."