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

DATE: FRIDAY, March 30, 1990                   TAG: 9003300521
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: ALEXANDRIA                                LENGTH: Short

GRAND JURY INDICTS 4 ON DRUG RING CHARGES

A federal grand jury has indicted four men allegedly involved in a drug organization linked to the death of an Alexandria police officer.

Prosecutors charge that the men, who were named in a 13-count indictment unsealed Thursday, ran a crack house in a public housing project.

Officer Charles Hill was fatally wounded and a gang member was shot and killed by police during a shootout on March 22, 1989.

Eddie Jackson, 18, and Armstead Gravette, 28, both of Alexandria, were named in the indictment, as well as two Brooklyn, N.Y., men, Bruce Murrell, 18, and Theodore Henderson III, 19.

The charges against the four include conspiracy to possess and distribute drugs, multiple counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and conspiracy to engage in interstate racketeering.

Gravette, Henderson and Murrell also were charged with the commission of violent crimes in aid of racketeering and with possession of firearms, according to the indictment.

- Associated Press

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