Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, February 4, 1994 TAG: 9402040134
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: By KATHY LOAN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG LENGTH: Short
Trevor A. Willis, 18, a business major from Salem, faced six charges after police searched his East Pritchard dormitory room in late October.
But three charges of possessing fictitious driver's licenses, one charge of attempting to manufacture a fake license and one charge of underage possession of alcohol were dropped. Some underage college students seek fake licenses so they can buy alcoholic beverages.
Willis was fined $500, given a six-month suspended jail sentence and ordered to complete 200 hours of community service by Sept. 1.
A condition of the suspended sentence is that Willis not get into any more legal trouble before his 21st birthday.
Blacksburg and Virginia Tech police searched Willis' room after an informant, wearing a transmitter, went to the dormitory and met a man who said his name was Trevor, according to a search warrant.
"Trevor" made a driver's license for the informant, who saw other fictitious licenses and driver's license parts in the room.
Police seized laminating material, operator's license information for Virginia and West Virginia, an instant camera, about $400 cash, computer equipment and an open bottle of rum.
The $400 will be applied to Willis' court costs, said Skip Schwab, assistant commonwealth's attorney.
Manufacturing a fake license is a misdemeanor that carries a maximum punishment of 12 months in jail and a $2,500 fine.
by CNB