Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, April 3, 1993 TAG: 9304030102
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: By KATHY LOAN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG LENGTH: Medium
NEW SEX CHARGE BROUGHT AGAINST MONTGOMERY MAN
A Montgomery County man sentenced in December for exposing himself to a teen-age girl has been indicted on charges that he abducted and attempted to rape another teen-aged girl before he reported to jail.Gregory John Margerum, 36, of Christiansburg is accused in a Montgomery County grand jury indictment in the abduction and attempted sexual intercourse of a 15-year-old against her will on Dec. 19.
On Dec. 4, Margerum had been in Montgomery County Circuit Court for a scheduled jury trial but decided to plead no contest to a felony charge of taking indecent liberties with a 13-year-old girl who was baby-sitting at his home last year.
Margerum, who was indicted in July on the indecent liberties charge, told Judge Kenneth Devore he would like to have more time to contact other witnesses he thought were necessary for his defense.
The request was rejected; and moments later Margerum and his attorney, Jimmy Turk of Radford, accepted a plea agreement.
At the time, Margerum also dropped his appeal of two earlier related misdemeanor convictions of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Those convictions involved providing alcohol to the 13-year-old and another girl. He had been sentenced to 30 days in jail on each conviction.
Peggy Frank, assistant commonwealth's attorney, told Devore the 13-year-old girl had been baby-sitting at Margerum's home in February 1992 when Margerum exposed himself to her at least once.
Margerum was sentenced to two years in prison and three years probation for that felony charge. He was scheduled to begin serving his sentence in the Montgomery County Jail on Jan. 4, but was arrested on the latest allegations before then.
The grand jury also indicted a Blacksburg man on two charges of attempted extortion.
The indictments allege that Douglas Carroll Price, 57, attempted to extort property from Christiansburg lawyer Keith Neely and Radford lawyer Max Jenkins.
Price is accused of sending threatening letters to the two lawyers in July and August. Neely and Jenkins have represented Price's ex-wife in divorce and child support proceedings. They turned over the letters to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and asked for an investigation.
In the letters, Price demanded return of a farm that he lost through court proceedings following his divorce, according to an investigation report filed by the sheriff's office. He also made threats against Jenkins and Neely, according to the report.
Jenkins and Neely say Price lost his property in judgments obtained against him for failing to pay child support and that they had no way of returning the property.