Judge: ‘No Evidence' That Severance Is A Danger To Community

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WHEELING, WV - MARCH 19:Charles Severance talks with his attorney Shayne Welling during a recess in his court proceedings Wednesday March 19, 2014 in Wheeling, WV. Severance, a person of interest in three murders in Alexandria is being held on a fugitive warrant from Loudoun County on charges of illegal gun possession has hearing in West Virginia.(Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
WHEELING, WV - MARCH 19:Charles Severance talks with his attorney Shayne Welling during a recess in his court proceedings Wednesday March 19, 2014 in Wheeling, WV. Severance, a person of interest in three murders in Alexandria is being held on a fugitive warrant from Loudoun County on charges of illegal gun possession has hearing in West Virginia.(Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

WHEELING W.Va. — A judge here on Wednesday set a $100,000 bond for an eccentric ex-politico authorities said is being investigated in connection with three high-profile Alexandria killings, opening up the possibility the man could be released.

Saying “allegations are not evidence,” Ohio County Circuit Court Judge James P. Mazzone denied a request by prosecutors to continue to hold 53-year-old Charles Severance without bail.

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