Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, August 3, 1993 TAG: 9308030130
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
The youth was being held Monday in the Coyner Springs Juvenile Detention Center on drug charges, Roanoke police said.
The chase started early Saturday when a car carrying the youth sped away from police on Melrose Avenue, running several stop signs before slowing down long enough for the 13-year-old to jump out and flee.
Police caught him hiding in a tomato patch. The driver of the car is being sought on several charges - including driving on a suspended license.
In other police reports:
At about 9:30 a.m. Sunday, two robbers approached 18-year-old David Benson at Campbell Avenue and Eighth Street. They took $4 from Benson's pockets and were trying to pull a wedding ring from his finger when he broke free and ran.
A driver for Domino's Pizza was ordered to give up $22 worth of pizza Sunday night after delivering to what turned out to be a vacant home in the 1100 block of Fairfax Avenue Northwest, where a man with a gun was waiting for him on the front porch.
A Southeast Roanoke man faces charges of using a knife and his fists to attack his wife, his neighbor and a police officer who was called to his home. Roger Lee Spradlin, 34, of Albemarle Avenue was charged Saturday with malicious wounding and two counts of assault.
by CNB