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

DATE: SUNDAY, July 1, 1990                   TAG: 9007010071
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B9   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: GREENSBORO, N.C.                                LENGTH: Short

N.J. GRAND JURY STUDIES KRAMER, NCSU PLAYERS

A New Jersey grand jury is studying allegations of point shaving involving a New Jersey businessman and North Carolina State basketball players, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Chuck Davis, a spokesman for the New Jersey attorney general's office, confirmed that a grand jury is investigating Denville, N.J., businessman Robert D. Kramer III.

"Point shaving is part of that investigation," Davis told the Greensboro News & Record. He declined further comment.

Kramer was identified in an ABC News report on Feb. 28 as the mastermind of an alleged point-shaving scheme involving Charles Shackleford and three unidentified former N.C. State players during the 1987-88 season. Kramer and Shackleford deny the charges.

Kramer's attorney, Gerard Hanlon, said he was surprised that a grand jury had been convened in New Jersey. He added that his client has not been called to testify.

The point-shaving allegations are part of an on-going probe by the Wake County District Attorney's office and the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation. - Associated Press

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