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Now if you had said some other religion there, people would be calling you all sorts of names.

Sorry John,

I praise God he showed me the truth.

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inrisslord, here's the latest from the Post Dispatch:
Judge won't lower bail for Starbucks suspect
By William C. Lhotka
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
03/12/2008
A judge denied a bond reduction this morning for the man jailed in the death of hotel owner and good Samaritan Roger Kreutz, who was killed outside a Starbucks in Crestwood last week and buried on Monday.

Aaron M. Poisson, 19, of Cumming, Ga., remains in custody in the St. Louis County Justice Center on charges of involuntary manslaughter, leaving the scene of an accident and misdemeanor theft.

Defense attorney Bill Margulis asked Judge John Moon for a reduction to $5,000 of the $50,000, cash-only bond that was set Friday when Poisson was charged.

Prosector Pat Monahan said Poisson was ``a flight risk.'' Monahan said Poisson has been charged with crimes in Ohio and Missouri and has been a drifter for several months.

Moon is a visiting judge from Kahoka, Mo., helping out county judges because of a vacancy on the bench. Moon agreed with Monahan and let stand the $50,000 bond.

Poisson stole a jar of tips from Starbucks on March 3, ran out of the store with his girlfriend, and got in a Ford Taurus. Kreutz pursued the alleged thieves from the store.

AdvertisementIn a probable cause statement accompanying the warrants, Crestwood police Det. Richard Noland wrote: ``As customer opens car door defendant puts car in reverse and backs up striking customer and causing him to fall. Defendant sees customer on the ground and leaves scene.''

Margulis said in an interview Monday that Kreutz' death was ``a