{West Virginia}...Bond was lowered Thursday for Paul D. Woolwine of St. Albans, a man accused of threatening a potential witness in Kanawha County's 2003 sniper shooting case. Kanawha Circuit Judge James C. Stucky ordered bond for Woolwine reduced from $200,000 cash only to $100,000 full surety. Woolwine was arrested last month on allegations that he showed up at the home of Craig Hughes and threatened him Hughes is a potential witness in sniper-style killings that led to the indictment of Shawn Lester, 36, on murder charges in connection with the killings of Jeanie Patton, Gary Carrier Jr. and Okey Meadows Jr. Police say Hughes told them Lester was friends with alleged drug-runner Gilberto "Tito" Lopez, but Lester has denied any connection with the Mexican national. Assistant prosecutor Maryclaire Akers says Woolwine used to be a drug-runner for Lopez, who has been indicted on conspiracy drug charges, but remains at large. Akers says Woolwine has ties to a Mexican drug dealer who can get him out of the country if he needs to, or to another state.
