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$250 bail ‘laughable’ in turnpikecar chase, critics say

A judge’s decision to set bail at $250 for a man who is charged with trying to outrun police on the Maine Turnpike was met with outrage Tuesday.

Timothy J. Williams, 39, of South Portland was charged Friday with eluding police, after a high-speed chase that ended when he crashed into a car in which a Portland family was returning home from a Thanksgiving gathering.