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Family of elderly man beaten to death with traffic cone blindsided by teen suspect posting bail: 'I lost it'

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PHILADELPHIA - Court records show a local organization posted bail for one of two 14-year-olds accused of beating an elderly man to death with a traffic cone last summer in North Philadelphia.

James Lambert, 73, was walking on the 2100 block of Cecil B. Moore Avenue on June 24 around 3 a.m. when he was attacked and fatally beaten by a group of teens, according to police.

Richard Jones was one of several teens charged in the deadly beating and prosecutors set his bail at $750k. Nearly five months after the attack on Lambert, court records reviewed by FOX 29's Kelly Rule shows an organization called the Movement Alliance Project helped Jones post bail in November.James Lambert, Jr.

The cash bail system requires 10% of the set bail to be paid to get spring someone free. It does not require a hearing, and it's often kept between the court and the juvenile system with no notification to the District Attorney's Office.Tania Stephens, Lambert's niece, said she was in disbelief when her daughter said she saw Jones on the streets in North Philadelphia. "I brushed it off, didn't think anything about it because I know the ADA would have called me, would have told us, would have put us on notice," Stephens said. "Well how long has be been out!?

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