New judge, trial dates, same bail in van crash murder case

Community members released sky lanterns July 4, 2016, following a fatal crash that led to the cancellation of Petersburg’s Independence Day celebration that year. (Photo by Orin Pierson/KFSK)
Conditions of release have not changed for a man charged with murder in the July 4, 2016, van wreck in Petersburg. The judge in the case against him, however, has changed.
The defendant requested the case be heard before a judge other than William Carey, and it was assigned to superior court judg