 | The Cavalier daily Thursday, February 29, 1968 |  |
Accused Pot-Pushers
Bound To Grand Jury
Three men charged with selling
marijuana have been bound
over to a federal grand jury for
trial.
Two of the three men, Bernard
Jones and Alfred Martin are
free on $5,000 bond which they
posted yesterday after arraignment.
But Roger Johnson remained
in jail and was taken to
a Roanoke prison by U.S.
marshals to await trial.
All three suspects were connected
with the University before
their arrest. Messrs. Jones
and Johnson were employed by
fraternities while Mr. Martin was
an attendant at the University
hospital.
At a hearing yesterday in front
of a United States commissioner
William S. Gibson, a federal
narcotics agent, gave details of
their arrest.
He stated that he and another
agent came to Charlottesville on
February 2 with the hope of
making contact with marijuana
peddlers.
The two were attired in "hippie"
garb and while they were
unpacking their car at the Gallery
Court Motel they were approached
by Messrs. Jones and
Johnson.
Mr. Gibson, who had grown
a beard to look like a "hippie,"
asked the pair where he could
obtain some marijuana. A meeting
was arranged, and that night
Mr. Martin drove up and gave
Mr. Jones an envelope with marijuana
in it, for which agent Gibson
paid $10.
The trio were arrested for
violation of the Marijuana Tax
Act of 1947.
| The Cavalier daily Thursday, February 29, 1968 | |