e freeze Friday, March 31, 1979 James Madison University. Ilarrisonburg. Virginia No.44 nabbed in drug raid $25,000 worth of drugs found in office BY LONNIE MICHAEL have been forwarded to the Wednesday night as Friday's BRANCH Virginia state police edition was being put Campus police, backed by laboratory for official testing. together. This was a tune Virginia state troopers, Campus police said they had when most staff members are arrested 20 James Madison been "following this case for in the office and it was University students, all of some time." believed then that most of the them high-ranking members "We knew for some time drug sales and drug abuse of The Breeze staff, and seized that there was a large drug took place. $25,000 worth of drugs in a raid ring operating on campus but "We caught them red- Jate Wednesday night. we didn't know just who was handed," said officers Police said the raid "broke involved," said chief Jay involved in the raid, who J the back" of a "major drug Crider. asked not to be identified. ring" that had been operating Last week, though, campus Another said "we caught them i( on campusthis year. It also - police were "tipped off by an with their pants down." He 7+*&m •«. t£*£V** , doubt. Breeze staffers had obtained Editor Dwayne Yancey was Six editorial staff members, "mass quantities" of drugs reportedly so stoned at the including editor Dwayne during spring break and were time of the arrest that he Yancey, were charged with attacked one officer with a felonies, including possession keg filled with bong water and of marijuana, cocaine and was arrested for, among other LSD with intent to distribute. More photos, things, resisting arrest and Those six, along with 12 assaulting a police officer. other staff members, were Armstrong "started also charged with a variety of see pages 2, 3 gobbling up all the pilb in misdemeanors, ranging from sight," according to one possession of marijuana to in the process of selling them, officer, and was rushed to resisting arrest and Crider said. RMH to have his stomach assaulting a police officer. Informed sources reported pumped. A hospital Bond for the 12 ranges from that The Breeze office has spokesman said at presstime $500 to $10,000. All but one long been considered a haven that he was semi-conscious MUG SHOT of Dwayne were being held . in for drug users but only and was being held in members, are accused of Rockingham County Jail as of recently did police have intensive care under police Yancey, editor of The Breeze. being ring leaders in drug He and five other staff presstime early Thursday "positive confirmation" that guard. operation.ptioto coorttty JMU poiic* morning. sales were taking place there "He's awake, but he keeps Editorial editor Cutch and that staff members were babbling 'intense' and Armstrong was listed in involved. 'excellent' and 'I love my critical condition in Campus police refused to dog,'" according to the Carrier will seek Rockingham Memorial deny reports that one or more spokesman. Hospital after reportedly undercover agents had been * Photo editor Lawrence swallowing "several hundred used in the investigation. One Emerson allegedly rushed capsules and tablets" shortly source said that staff into the darkroom and before being arrested. members bad sold drugs to frantically began to pour "a GOP nomination Ten pounds of marijuana, as the undercover agent, thus white powder" down the By OWL PYNE recruit Henry Howell to till his well as several ounces of a providing police with the dram, police said. They said James Madison University position at JMU. "After all, white substance believed to be "positive confirmation" they he insisted it was only D-76 president Ronald Carrier Henry and I are such ^ood cocaine and assorted pills and needed to make the raid. developer. today announced his friends," he said. tablets, were found in The Campus police and state "We'll let the state lab see candidacy for the Republican Elaborating on his Breeze office, according to a troopers raided The Breeze about that," one officer said. nomination of governor in the gubernatorial platform, he police spokesman. office, in the basement of the Other staff members were All of the confiscated items 1961 Virginia election. said, "Growth, that's the Wine-Price Building, late Continued on Page 2 Speaking before a group of ticket. We'll recruit people local cub scouts, Carrier said from Maryland and New his years here "have been Jersey, maybe even that very productive, particularly Northern Virginia place. We in the areas of expansion of can raise the population to athletic facilities, students, maybe ten billion by 1987. faculty, my house and "We're also planning on campus-community bringing in the special effects relations." crew from 'Earthquake' so we Asked to explain the latter, can pick up some federal Carrier responded, "Well, funds. With those we'll buy a take the rezoning issue. strip of land down the east Campus and community coast to Florida for a private people were getting together road. We can sell tickets to to reasonably discuss the college students. problem and come up with "The only other major solutions. It may not seem change I contemplate is like a success on the surface, buying a new Governor's but there was a lot of in-depth communication going on. mansion in a rural hamlet lieve me, the violence is outside Richmond, Short porary. Pump," said Carrier. "It "Running JMU just isn't a would help me to better fulfill challenge any more," he said my role as governor and give in reference to his decision to me more privacy." leave. "The biggest Carrier has chosen Coach complaints I get are about the Lou Campenelli to run as dining hall. It's not like the Lieutenept Governor. He said, old days when you could throw "Just as good as Lou is at up an athletic building and recruiting players, he'll be make everyone happy. Now fantastic at getting voters, we have to install a lot of they won't be able to resist. expensive vending machines Besides I couldn't imagine CAMPUS POLICE fingerprint Dwayne that arrested 20 staff members and seized in them." running anything without Lou Yancey. editor of The Breeze, following a drug $25,000 worth of drugs. right there beside me." Carrier mentioned plans to raid on The Breeze office late Wednesday night ' ' mtt> c6oriMy JMU polict Page 2, THE BREEZE. Sunday, April I, 1979 * Busted T increase in classifieds rates iContinued from Page It arrested and charged with It was learned that many of editor Theresa Beale was the controversial stories in labelled "a beginner" who from 50 cents to 75 cents per 25 so caught by surprise, or were simple possession include used only airplane glue and words. This was reportedly ^ so much under the influence of news editor Theresa Beale, The Breeze were written under the influence of drugs. cough syrup, with an done in order to finance drug drugs and alcohol, that they graphics editor Dean C. occasional Chelsea. shipments from Jamaica and had no time to destroy all the Honeycutt, sports editor Paul Dean C. Honeycutt was given five hits of "microdot Apparently early this year Colombia. evidence, police said. McFarlane, production The Breeze staff began selling Apparently, The Breeze "It was mass confusion," manager Pam Howlett, news acid," a form of the hallucinogenic drug LSD, small amounts of drugs in made many of its drug sales police said. "Nobody knew reporters Debbie Yard, Julie order to finance their habit. by advertising in its personals what to do so they just Summers, Kris Carlson, before writing his controversial Homecoming Later, as their use of drugs section. Recent issues have surrendered peacefully. In Maureen Riley, Patti Tully, increased even further, they included personals such as: fact, our biggest problem was Bruce Osborne, Kevin Revue review, according to one source. turned dealing into a full-time "Herbie-Scerb: Ctteck it out in clearing out all the smoke Keegan, and Vance business. in the Bargain Basement." and cataloging the evidence." Richardson. Editor Dwayne Yancey, while often writing radical Business manager John The Breeze had nicknamed Police reportedly took out Reporters not in the office Vogt was originally unaware its office the "Bargain "a truckload of drugs and and not involved with the columns calling for the prohibition of alcohol, parties, of the drug activity but Basement," reportedly paraphenalia." alleged drug activity were discovered it when Yancey because of the low prices they Yancey, Armstrong, able to piece together the movies and other forms of following description of the entertainment, was actually kept asking him to write sold drugs for. This was one of Emerson, as well as checks for "Colombia" and many indications of the staff's managing editor Julie Crane, operation from police reports "one of the most notorious shortly before presstime drug users on the staff," "chemicals." heavy drug use. business manager John Vogt "I thought it was for the There was speculation that and feature editor Steve Sources said most members according to the report. of The Breeze staff were It said he usually wrote his Columbia School of The Breeze would fight its Snyder were all charged with Journalism and photographic arrest on the grounds that the felonies, including "heavy drug users." One said, puritanical columns after consuming "liberal doses of supplies," he was reported to search and seizure of . distribution. that "without drugs, it would have said. However, when newsroom files, where most of Police said they were the have been impossible for them quaaludes chased with Schlitz beer." offered a share of the profits the drugs were found, had "a x ring leaders of the alleged to put out a paper.