Judge Orders Edgar Steele Held ‘Til Trial

Federal murder-for-hire suspect Edgar Steele on Tuesday was ordered held pending trial after a judge found he had intimidated potential witnesses in the case — his wife and son. In a detention hearing today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office played two tapes of phone conversations Steele had with his wife, Cyndi, and his son, Rex, while being held at Kootenai County Jail on June 13. On the tapes, Steele tells his wife that she will be contacted by the attorney general’s office the following morning and will be asked to authenticate his voice on recordings that he says are doctored to sound as if he’s hiring a hitman to kill her. He pleads with her to say that it’s not his voice she hears on the tapes/ Alison Boggs , SR. More here .

Question: Should Judge Candy Dale have allowed Edgar Steele to post bail?