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Plea entered for 5th person held in torture case

The Columbian
Published: June 12, 2011, 5:00pm

LAKEWOOD, Wash. (AP) — A not guilty plea has been entered on behalf of a woman charged with rendering criminal assistance in the videotaped torture and eventual homicide of a man in Lakewood, Wash.

Court Commissioner Diana Lynn Kiesel ordered Heather Lambertson jailed in lieu of $50,000 bail during the woman’s court appearance Monday. Pierce County prosecutors contend Lambertson gave a man a ride to and from an apartment where 50-year-old Alfred Keith Roberts was tortured. His body was found earlier this year near Harts Lake.

Prosecutors have previously charged three men and a woman in the case. Law enforcement obtained the 19-minute video earlier this year.

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Information from: The News Tribune, http://www.thenewstribune.com

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