Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, April 16, 1991 TAG: 9104160215
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: CHARLOTTESVILLE LENGTH: Medium
Trials were set for June and July. Four others also facing federal charges will be arraigned later this month and May. Also Monday, three of four people facing state charges from the raids indicated they would plead innocent at their trials.
The people, all but one of them students, were indicted March 19 by a federal grand jury. On March 21, federal and local authorities raided three fraternity houses near the university looking for the eight.
The three fraternity houses - Delta Upsilon, Phi Epsilon and Tau Kappa Epsilon - were seized by the federal government. Alumni groups, which own the houses, have filed with the court to regain their property. The government can seize and dispose of property used in drug trafficking or bought with the proceeds of illegal drug transactions.
Pleading innocent to federal charges Monday were: Andrew Bryan Schwaab, 21, of Fairfax Station; Peter Schaeffer, 19, of Virginia Beach; Ernest Brown Pryor Jr., 19, of Goochland; and Timothy Matthew Evans, 19, of Virginia Beach.
Schwaab is charged with four counts of drug distribution. His trial is set for June 14. Schaeffer faces one count of drug distribution and faces trial June 24. Pryor faces two counts of drug distribution with trial set for June 4. Evans is named in four counts of the indictment for drug sales. His trial date is July 8.
Pleading innocent to state charges were: James A. Carter II, 19, of Newport News; Patrick E. Hanrahan, 22, of New York City; and James N. Hottle III, of Fairfax. Each was charged with various counts of drug distribution. Their state trials will be in August and September.
All but Hottle are students at the university.
by CNB