Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, June 17, 1993 TAG: 9306170226
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-4 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE LENGTH: Short
The key witness against her was to have been Willie Lon Rice, 26, who now faces new charges of his own in addition to the earlier burglary charges.
Since testifying at the 35-year-old woman's preliminary hearing, Rice was suspected of trying to fake his own drowning by leaving some of his clothes on a river bank and later was arrested at an armed camp he had created in Jefferson National Forest. Firearms and explosives were confiscated.
The prosecution will not pursue charges against Lambert.
In his testimony, Rice also had tried to link Lambert's former husband, Les Lambert, to the burglary charges, but a General District Court judge dismissed them.
Others charged as part of a burglary ring with Rice are scheduled for trial in July. - Southwest bureau
by CNB