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

DATE: THURSDAY, March 7, 1991                   TAG: 9103070369
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: LESLIE TAYLOR STAFF WRITER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

HE'S GOT 10 STRIKES AND HE'S STILL OUT

A drug offender on probation who tested positive for drug use 10 times in less than three months was issued a harsh warning Wednesday by a federal judge.

If any further tests come back positive, "You might as well bring your toothbrush and your razor, because I'm going to send you away," Judge James Turk told John D. Bond.

Bond, 36, was convicted in 1989 of cocaine conspiracy. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of probation, in part under the condition that he remain drug-free.

Bond was given credit for jail time he had already served and was placed on probation Nov. 2.

From Nov. 19 to Feb. 4, Bond had 10 consecutive urine tests indicate that he has used cocaine and marijuana.

Turk on Wednesday ordered that Bond be placed in a 90-day intensive drug treatment program, but not before warning that another failed test would send him to prison.

"One more positive urine for coke or pot and you're going," Turk said. "You're sick. You've got a problem. You can't stay off cocaine. The first thing you have to do is admit you need help."

by CNB