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Article: JUDGE ORDERS LOWERY FREED FOR TREATMENT THE TOWN OF DUNN MAN CHARGED IN A DRUG CASE HAS CANCER.(LOCAL)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- October 11, 2006
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Byline: ED TRELEVEN etreleven@madison.com 608-252-6134
Robert Lowery, indicted in June on charges of running a large-scale marijuana importation business at his town of Dunn home, will be released from federal custody as he undergoes treatment for advanced cancer, a federal magistrate judge ordered Tuesday.
Assistant U.S. Attorney David Reinhard said he was concerned about the possibility that Lowery, 57, would flee the country or re-contact others involved in the drug case and will appeal the order to U.S. District Judge John Shabaz, the trial judge on Lowery's case.
Lowery's case was put on hold in early August after he was diagnosed in late July with cancer, ...