
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 4, 1990                   TAG: 9004040312
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

WASHBURN ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES

Former North Carolina State star Chris Washburn, who was banned from the NBA because of drug problems, was in a suburban Atlanta jail Tuesday after his arrest for cocaine and marijuana possession.

Washburn was arrested Monday along with his girlfriend at her apartment when Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents went there to interview the former NBA player on behalf of authorities in North Carolina.

After learning that Washburn's girlfriend, Kimberly Greene, was wanted in Gwinnett County on a probation violation, the agents decided to arrest her, according to GBI spokesman John Bankhead.

"Washburn was there," he added. "When agents entered, marijuana was in plain view. They asked for and were granted consent to search, and the search turned up powdered cocaine, a small amount of it."

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