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

DATE: SATURDAY, July 14, 1990                   TAG: 9007140371
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: LAURENCE HAMMACK STAFF WRITER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

OFFICER CHARGED WITH DUI DROVE CITY-OWNED CAR

The car a Roanoke police lieutenant was driving when he was stopped for suspicion of driving while intoxicated once belonged to Ronny Grogan, a suspected drug dealer killed last year in a drug-related shooting, according to a law enforcement official who did not want to be identified.

The car, a red Porsche, had been seized by federal agents following Grogan's death last year and was turned over to the city Police Department.

George W. Sutherland, head of the Police Department's vice bureau, was arrested early Wednesday morning and charged with reckless driving and operating the car while intoxicated.

Police Chief M. David Hooper would not confirm or deny that the car was owned by Grogan. However, he confirmed that the car was a city-owned vehicle, used by police, that had not been purchased with public money.

Hooper said the car was not authorized for personal use. Sutherland was not on duty at the time of his arrest.

Sutherland is on leave pending an internal investigation and his court hearing, scheduled for July 31.

by CNB