The Cavalier daily :: Friday, November 6, 1970 :: University of Virginia Library

The arrest of the four occurred about
6:15 Wednesday evening as the students
were eating dinner, according to Mr. Ellis.
He said that the officers appeared at the
door and asked to see Mr. Flood. The
officers then presented a search warrant
for the premises and the house was
searched by several Charlottesville
policemen. These officers were
accompanied by Carl Deavers of the
Virginia State Police who has reportedly
been operating as an undercover agent in
the area.

When the illegal drugs were found in
the residence, the four were taken to the
Charlottesville police station and booked. All
four were released Thursday after posting bond
of $1500 for Messrs. Keene and Flood who
were charged with a felony, and Messrs. Ellis
and Johnson who were charged with possession
of marijuana, a misdemeanor.

University Officials

A friend of Mr. Ellis said that
Commonwealth's Attorney John T. Camblos
was present during the search and said that
"two officials of the University" were also
present.

When asked to comment on this, Robert
Canevari, Dean of Students, said that he knew
of no University officials that were present. Mr.
Wade Bromwell, Director of the Department of
Security, said that he knew of no officers in his
department who were present during the
search. Mr. Bromwell said further that the
police will usually inform his department of
any warrant against a University student.

The arrest of the four may possibly be
connected with the arrest of Greg Hall, 19, of
Palmyra, Virginia, a non-student. A friend of
one of the four students arrested told The
Cavalier Daily that a statement by Mr. Hall
appeared on the search warrant which said that
Mr. Hall suspected illegal drugs to be on the
premises. Police would not allow a Cavalier
Daily reporter to read the search warrant at the
police station yesterday.

A preliminary hearing for the students is
scheduled for November 24.

Mr. Ellis said the police conducted an
extensive search of the premises. He said that
the officers looked "everywhere" in their
efforts to find drugs. He said that an officer
even looked inside a stereo component
belonging to one of the residents in his search.

Mr. Bromwell said also that his department
was not informed until after the arrests that
students were involved.

One other person was arrested for a drug
offense for a drug offense, yesterday in the
Charlottesville area. This additional arrest was
the sixth made by city, county and state
officials on Wednesday.

This is the largest number of arrests made
since April when another combined effort by
police netted ten persons. All of those were
charged with possession and sale of illegal
drugs.