Friday, April 10, 2009

All Payne, no gain


The party’s over for Lemuel Payne.

The suspect in the fatal hit-run that snuffed out the promising life of a Ridley teen who has a penchant for apparently skipping out on his electronic home monitoring won’t have that problem anymore.

He’ll be monitored by guards at the Delaware County Prison.

Payne was in a Media courtroom yesterday for a hearing at which the District Attorney’s Office moved to have his bail revoked. Payne had been free on house arrest on electronic monitoring on charges that he was the driver of the black Mercedes that struck and killed Faith Sinclair last August as she tried to cross Chester Pike.

Payne didn’t seem to quite understand the parameters of house arrest. On at least three occasions, the D.A.’s office says he was out of his house in violation of his bail.

The last time officers got a tip that Payne would be at a Philadelphia nightspot. They staked the joint out. Sure enough, Payne showed up, his electronic monitoring bracelet still attached to his ankle.

Payne will now be in jail until his trial on the hit-run charges on May 11.

He likely will find the monitoring program there is a tad tougher.

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