Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, April 17, 1990 TAG: 9004170266
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: LESLIE TAYLOR STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Judge Jackson Kiser sentenced Antoine Mundy, 21, and Eddie L. Gist, 33, both of New Haven, Conn., in U.S. District Court in Roanoke.
Mundy and Gist were convicted last year with brothers Maurice and Charles Hagwood for selling crack on the streets of Northwest Roanoke. Last month, Kiser sentenced each of the Hagwoods to six years of imprisonment. The Hagwoods are appealing their convictions.
The men claimed they stopped in Roanoke temporarily in July on their way to a family reunion in Martinsville. But testimony during a trial in November showed that the group spent three nights at the Econo Lodge on Orange Avenue, making numerous trips to open-air markets.
Their 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 raided the motel rooms the night of July 10 and 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.
Kiser said that although he thought the sentencing range for Mundy was "a little harsh," he was bound by federal guidelines and gave Mundy the minimum in that range. The maximum Mundy could have received was 14 years.
A prior criminal record put Mundy's sentencing range at an amount greater than that of the other three men.
by CNB