Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, April 27, 1993 TAG: 9304270230
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: MICHAEL STOWE STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: RADFORD LENGTH: Short
Desi Delaney, 18, Ethan T. Charlton, 18, and Jay Walson are accused of beating Rodney Epperly II.
During a preliminary hearing, Epperly testified that the three men were among about a dozen who attacked him at a party at 133-B Norwood Street on Nov. 14.
Epperly said he was attacked after party organizers got upset that he had not paid a $2 cover charge to get in the party.
"It was like I was a refrigerator and they were the magnets," Epperly said of the crowd that surrounded him.
Epperly testified that he was hit about 50 times - twice with 40-ounce beer bottles. He received four stitches in his head.
Witnesses for the defense, however, disputed Epperly's story and said that the altercation occurred after Epperly hit and kicked one of the party's organizers in the head.
Robbery charges against Charlton also were certified Monday. He is accused of stealing a watch valued at $175 from Richard Simpson.
Epperly testified that Charlton attacked Simpson near an automatic teller machine on Radford University's campus Nov. 14 before the keg party.
Robbery charges against Curtis Rollins, 20, of Dublin were dismissed.
by CNB