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

DATE: MONDAY, October 9, 1995                   TAG: 9510090103
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-4   EDITION: METRO 
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IN VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA BEACH - A police officer has been arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe from an undercover state trooper in exchange for dropping a drug case.

Police said they received a tip in August that LaBruce Grant, 30, had accepted money from at least one drug suspect. City police asked state police to investigate.

The investigation led to Grant's on-duty arrest last week when he allegedly took cash and drugs from an undercover state trooper instead of pursuing charges, police said.

Grant was charged with taking a bribe and possession of drugs, Thurston said. He was released on $5,000 bail and was suspended without pay.

- Associated Press

3 students arrested for bomb threats

NEWPORT NEWS - Three students have been arrested for phoning in a string of bomb threats to city schools, police said.

Police spokesman Bobby Kipper said two of the arrests were made last week and one of those arrested is a 15-year-old.

The students could face a year in jail and a fine of as much as $2,500 if they are convicted of threatening to bomb a public building - a felony.

The students also could face expulsion or long-term suspensions, said Rosalynne D. Whitaker-Heck, a spokeswoman for Newport News public schools. A discipline committee would determine the punishment.

Crittenden Middle School and Warwick and Ferguson high schools have received bomb threats since the school year began, school and police officials said.

- Associated Press