THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, January 31, 1997              TAG: 9701310706
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Metro Briefs 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                    LENGTH:   22 lines

HEARING POSTPONED

A bond hearing for an 18-year-old accused in the shooting death of a Kellam High School soccer star was called off on Thursday at the request of the defendant's attorney.

Richard Ethan Hollingsworth, one of four teens charged in the Jan. 25 death of Tim Wheaton, was scheduled for a hearing in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.

But at the last minute, Hollingsworth's attorney, Moody Stallings, withdrew his motion for a bond hearing and ended the proceedings.

``It's not in my client's best interests at this time,'' he said.

Hollingsworth, James W. Waters Jr., 19, Monica Oliver, 17, and Stephanie Wall, 17, are charged with murder. Waters faces an additional charge of using a gun to commit a crime.

KEYWORDS: MURDER JUVENILE SHOOTING