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

DATE: TUESDAY, January 21, 1992                   TAG: 9201210305
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Ron Brown
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

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ARRESTED TEEN LEARNS TALK IS NOT CHEAP

A 17-year-old learned Saturday that he had the right to remain silent, but he had better not mumble.

Roanoke police first spotted the youth standing near a trash pit at the Hurt Park housing complex about 1:40 a.m.

When they talked to him they noticed his speech was slurred.

Police officers asked the teen-ager why he was talking funny. He told them he had a toothache and opened up his mouth.

That was when officers spotted a glass vial with eight rocks of crack cocaine stuffed inside.

Police charged him with possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute. He could not be reached for comment.

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