Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, June 14, 1990 TAG: 9006140190
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-7 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: LESLIE TAYLOR STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
U.S. Judge Jackson Kiser ordered Jamel Agemy, who had been out on bond awaiting sentencing, to report to the Roanoke City Jail for psychiatric evaluation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Peters said cocaine was detected in Agemy's urine during a routine urinalysis. The psychiatric evaluation will in part determine whether the presence of cocaine indicates a drug addiction, and if so, whether that addiction is related to mental problems, she said.
Agemy, 24, had been living in Florida with his parents and working at the family grocery store, Peters said.
In March, Agemy pleaded guilty to six counts of possessing and intending to distribute a total of 154 pounds of marijuana between 1987 and 1989.
Agemy, who played linebacker for the Hokies until 1986, was one of 23 people indicted last November in a drug ring. Agemy and another Tech football player - Blacksburg tanning-salon owner Michael John Giacolone - were accused of being the main suppliers to a loosely organized group of street-level drug dealers.
Giacolone pleaded guilty - one day after Agemy - to seven counts of drug possession and distribution charges. Giacolone also pleaded guilty to charges of distributing four ounces of high-grade cocaine.
Both men are expected to be sentenced in late July, Peters said. Agemy faces a maximum sentence of 120 years' imprisonment and a $6 million fine. Giacolone faces a maximum sentence of 130 years and a $7 million fine.
by CNB