Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, April 15, 1991 TAG: 9104150179
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: RON BROWN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
A crew member from a Norfolk Southern train spotted Calvin Ray Steptoe lying next to the tracks near Macon Street in the western part of the city about 3 p.m.
Steptoe was riding a westbound train from Lynchburg earlier in the day when he tried to jump free and struck an unknown object, Bedford police said.
Steptoe was taken to Bedford County Memorial Hospital before being transferred to Roanoke Memorial Hospital, where he was examined in the emergency room Sunday night.
Area police also reported the following incidents:
A 17-year-old Southwest Roanoke youth was shot in the foot while walking through the Lansdowne housing project Saturday afternoon.
Clarence Barrett, 17, of 14th Street said he was shot after another teen-ager approached him and demanded money.
The other youth fled with $20. Barrett was treated at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Robbie Wayne Wilkerson, 23, suffered a black eye, broken nose, bruised kidneys and a variety of cuts after a fight with another man Friday at his Southeast Roanoke home.
Wilkerson told police he was hit several times with a knife handle as he tried to hold off his assailant with a baseball bat. He obtained warrants after being released from the hospital. No arrests have been made.
Roanoke police watched a drug transaction in progress on Staunton Avenue Northwest Friday night. They stopped a 15-year-old youth who allegedly threw down a clear plastic bag with five rocks of crack cocaine inside.
The youth was taken to Coyner Springs Juvenile Detention Center on charges of possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute.
A 23-year-old Northwest Roanoke man was hit on the head with a rock following a dispute outside a city night club early Saturday. Keith Edward Spencer of Highland Farm Road was treated for a cut on his left eye.
by CNB