Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, May 6, 1993 TAG: 9305060295
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: By DAVID M. POOLE STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Testimony showed that Bobby Wayne Slone turned up at his wife's office and that he persuaded his brother to call her home last month.
Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Randy Leach argued that sending him back to jail would be the only way to ease the fears of Slone's ex-wife.
"This man is not going to stop," Leach said.
Slone pleaded no contest earlier this year to a charge of solicitation to commit a felony in connection with a bizarre plot to save his marriage by hiring someone to kill his stepson and burn down his wife's house. Investigators say Slone thought he could entice her to move back into his Boxley Hills home if her stepson was not around and she had no place to live.
In testimony Wednesday, Slone denied trying to contact hiswife or intending to harm her. He acknowledged, however, that he looked forward to the day when he could give Leach her the "true facts" behind his conviction.
Judge Kenneth Trabue said Slone appeared to have a "magnificent obsession" with the idea that police, court officials and even his own brother have carried out a conspiracy to wreck his marriage and send him to jail.
Trabue revoked Slone's probation and ordered him to serve the remainder of a three-year sentence at the Roanoke County Jail.
As bailiffs led him from the courtroom, Slone glanced back expectantly at the gallery where his ex-wife watched the hearing accompanied by police officers.
by CNB