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

DATE: THURSDAY, January 13, 1994                   TAG: 9401130184
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A8   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Richmond bureau
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

SENATOR TAKES SEAT DESPITE CONVICTION

State Sen. Robert Russell, R-Chesterfield, who was convicted of embezzlement this fall and faces a possible prison term, took his seat Wednesday as if all were normal.

"When I was elected, the people asked me to stay on in good times and bad," Russell said. "I'm here to help [Gov.-elect] George Allen fulfill his mandate."

Russell, 52, was convicted in November of taking $13,650 from a bicycle racing club of which he was treasurer. A jury recommended he serve five years in prison but he will not be formally sentenced until Jan. 25.

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