Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, December 11, 1993 TAG: 9312110091
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: DAVID M. POOLE STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
The trio, who stole the front doors from the school's administration building last year, are asking a Salem judge to purge the record of their arrests from court files.
"They feel like it's going to hamper them in the future to get a job," said Ray Ferris, a Roanoke attorney representing the three 1992 Roanoke College graduates.
But Salem Commonwealth's Attorney Fred King has filed a motion opposing the request.
King says the three men should have no trouble explaining that a prank led to the charges, which eventually were dismissed.
King also wants to delay a decision for a year to allow the statute of limitations on any civil action to expire so the students cannot sue the college or his office.
Circuit Judge Kenneth Trabue has not scheduled a hearing on the request filed by Bryan Alcorn, R. Joseph LeGault Jr. and W. Cary Wright.
The three men admitted stealing the heavy, wooden doors in November 1992, and holding them for 15 days. The doors eventually were found chained to the overlook at the Mill Mountain Star in Roanoke.
The charges were dismissed in May, on the eve of their graduation, after the men paid the college $150 and performed 50 hours of community service.
by CNB