DA's office held arrest warrant: A warrant for William Perrego on an escape charge was held eight days; delivered the day after Lewis' murder. From: Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | Date: March 17, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Times Leader. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Edward Lewis

Mar. 17--WILKES-BARRE -- Police never knew William Perrego was a wanted man before he became a murder suspect in the beating death of 42-year-old Lewis Jones.

That's because the Luzerne County District Attorney's Office held onto an arrest warrant for Perrego, 29, for eight business days before delivering it to the Clerk of Courts Office on Thursday -- the day after Jones' body was found inside an East North Street home.

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