THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, December 16, 1995 TAG: 9512160327
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A federal grand jury indicted nine local residents Friday for allegedly conspiring to sell 220 pounds of marijuana over a two-year period.
The conspiracy, which allegedly occurred from June 1993 to November 1995, realized profits of about $5 million, the indictment said. The conspirators used their homes and unidentified area businesses for the sales, court records charged.
Federal authorities seized seven residences, vehicles, jewelry, electronic equipment, cash totaling more than $5 million and 55 ``various and assorted weapons,'' including at least four guns, the indictment said.
The nine people charged with conspiracy to distribute marijuana were: Lewis T. Bateman, Kimberly Marie Evans, Leslie F. Evans III, Kenneth M. Green, Janis S. Hammond, Vincent H. Kent, Peggy Ann Singleton, Kenneth Ray Thorne Jr. and Calvin R. Vannostrand.
The people charged lived in Virginia Beach and Norfolk, court records indicate.
KEYWORDS: ARREST DRUGS ILLEGAL by CNB