Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 29, 1990 TAG: 9003290586
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B6 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: LESLIE TAYLOR STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Maurice L. Hagwood, 29, and Charles W. Hagwood, 26, were convicted with two other men last year of selling crack. The men claimed they stopped in Roanoke temporarily last July on their way to a family reunion in Martinsville.
But testimony during the trial last November showed that the group spent three nights at the Econo Lodge on Orange Avenue, making numerous trips to open-air markets, where crack was sold on the streets of Northwest Roanoke.
The men's frequent comings and goings were observed by federal agents hiding in a special surveillance van - equipped with cameras and a periscope - that was parked across the street at the Roanoke Civic Center.
Authorities who raided the motel rooms the night of July 10 found about 12 grams of cocaine underneath a tissue dispenser and $3,750 in cash, stashed in a suitcase belonging to the Hagwoods' sister. Charles Hagwood had another $1,750 on him, Assistant U.S Attorney Joseph Mott said.
Annie Hagwood told Judge Jackson Kiser during her sons' sentencing Wednesday that she works with teens, letting them know that "if you don't start using drugs, you won't have to stop."
"Get involved in drugs, but do it to help people fight drugs," she said. "Drugs have taken over the world."
by CNB