Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, May 20, 1995 TAG: 9505220067
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: KIMBERLY N. MARTIN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Robert W. Bess was charged with conspiring to distribute marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and possession of marijuana on school grounds.
His brother-in-law, Marty R. Stacy, also was indicted. He faces trial on one charge of conspiring to sell marijuana and a charge of distributing the drug.
Bess and Stacy were named in a February preliminary hearing by Eric Reich, who said the two men were his marijuana suppliers.
An hour and a half of secretly taped conversations between Bess and Reich helped prove Reich's accusations, Salem Commonwealth's Attorney Fred King said at the February hearing. Reich wore a listening device to obtain the evidence.
Reich also was indicted Friday. He faces one count of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
Reich, who was a sophomore at Roanoke College when he was arrested in November, no longer attends the college.
In other indictments:
Paul A. Jordan, 23, of Roanoke, was indicted on a charge of raping a 15-year-old girl in a Roanoke College dormitory room Dec. 3.
The former William Byrd High School basketball star had met the girl at a Roanoke College party that night.
Jordan was on campus visiting a friend, and the 15-year-old was there to see her sister. Neither Jordan nor the girl was a student at the college.
Jordan, who recently finished a tour with the Navy, did not deny having sex with the girl. However, he disputed the girl's rape accusation.
Boyd Oliver Miller Jr. and his wife, Angela Dalton Miller, were indicted in connection with a late-night crime spree in March.
Police have said that an old, rusted gun stolen from a neighbor of the Millers' was used in a holdup at the West Main Street Hardee's on the night of March 23 and in another robbery a few hours later at the West Main Street Orange Market.
Angela Miller was suspected of driving the getaway car in both crimes.
General District Judge George W. Harris had dismissed charges linking Angela Miller to the Orange Market holdup, but King still sought and obtained an indictment from the grand jury connecting her to the crime.
Angela Miller was charged with robbery, use of a firearm in a felony in the Orange Market robbery, and statutory burglary in the break-in at her neighbor's storage room.
Boyd Miller faces two counts of possessing a firearm as a felon, two counts of using a firearm in a felony, statutory burglary and two counts of robbery.
nRonlyn Browne Eaton, 25, of Roanoke was indicted on two counts of grand larceny by check. The checks in question were for amounts of more than $200.
She faced similar charges in Roanoke, and agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges of petty larceny by check.
Eaton is the woman who accused two Roanoke sheriff's deputies this week of raping her.
by CNB