Witness testifies to helping alleged murderer

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A Howard man testified Tuesday that he unknowingly harbored an alleged murderer and helped discard a gun police believe was used to fatally shoot a Columbia teenager in the face.

Charles Richardson, 24, faces up to life in prison if convicted of the first-degree murder of Trae “Ace” Allen, 19, of Columbia, whom police found dead May 21, 2007, inside Richardson’s Brook Way town house in Columbia.

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