Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, May 10, 1990 TAG: 9005100352
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-7 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: By NEAL THOMPSON NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG LENGTH: Medium
James A. Campbell, 46, of 1900 Terrace View, was released Tuesday on $10,000 bond from the Montgomery County Jail. He was arrested Monday morning in a chemistry lab in Davidson Hall by state and Tech police.
Campbell is charged with manufacturing methamphetamines and possession of methamphetamines with intent to distribute. He was arrested after a month-long investigation.
Police found a substance in the lab where Campbell was working that state police special agent Cecil Handy called "a finished product." Handy said Wednesday the white powder, believed to be methamphetamine, was sent to a police lab to be analyzed but results weren't available.
Handy also said police are investigating whether Campbell sold drugs to Tech students.
A spokeswoman for Montgomery County General District Court in Blacksburg could not confirm when Campbell was scheduled to appear in court because she had not received court documents sent from the clerk in Christiansburg. But, she said, Campbell called her Wednesday to tell her he would be in court for arraignment next Wednesday.
Campbell, who is not a teacher, was hired in October 1987 to research polymers in the chemistry department.
Handy said the cooperation of the chemistry department helped lead to Campbell's arrest. When researchers there noticed a certain type of chemical was being ordered through Tech but was not being accounted for in their logbooks, they notified police.
by CNB