Where are all the pro-drug, Libertarian FR members, posting about how this guy got shafted?
Is there a pro-drug ping list?
Not that I know of, or I'd be on it. We're not all Libertarians. There is a 'WOD' ping list, though.
Slaying case sent to grand jury
DEA agent accused of fatally shooting man in Roanoke
BY REX BOWMAN
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER Mar 30, 2002
ROANOKE - A grand jury will decide whether a federal drug agent from Texas accused of shooting a Roanoke man to death last month outside a bar must stand trial on a charge of murder.
A Roanoke judge sent the charge against Timothy G. Workman, 31, to a grand jury yesterday when Workman waived his right to a preliminary hearing in General District Court. Preliminary hearings are used to determine whether prosecutors have enough evidence to bring before a grand jury.
Workman's attorney, Tony Anderson, said the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent decided to forgo the hearing because he wants the case to go to trial as soon as possible.
"We want a prompt and fast resolution to this matter," Anderson said outside the courtroom. "We want to do everything we can to expedite the process with which this gets to trial."
The Roanoke grand jury is scheduled to meet May 6.
Police allege that Workman fatally shot Keith E. Bailey, 41, three times in the chest at 2 a.m. on Feb. 12 outside O'Charley's restaurant, which has a bar that closes at 2 a.m. Police allege that Workman and Bailey were both drinking in the bar, separately, and began arguing and fighting once outside in the parking lot.
Roanoke prosecutor Donald Caldwell said the argument was over a woman who was an acquaintance of Bailey's but who was with Workman.
According to the DEA, Workman was in Roanoke working on a drug investigation. He was off duty at the time of the shooting.
Contact Rex Bowman at (540) 344-3612 or rbowman@timesdispatch.com