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Powhatan resident gets suspended sentence in drug case Published: July 22, 2009 By Michael Copley, Staff Writer Glenn Worrell was sentenced to three months in jail July 22, all time suspended for five years, after he pleaded guilty in May to possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, a class five felony. Worrell was arrested February 12, 2009 after the Drug Enforcement Agency found marijuana in a common room of his home and in other locations on the property. Agents with the DEA searched Worrell’s property because the person targeted in their warrant was known to frequent the residence. According to evidence presented to the court in May, Worrell arrived home while agents were conducting their search. He told them he had bought a pound of marijuana every three months for the past five years; he said the majority was for personal use, but admitted selling the drug to five regular clients. “There’s a difference between pushing [marijuana] on the street and someone who provides some to customers,” said Defense Attorney Todd Stone at the sentencing hearing. And by phone after the hearing, Stone said Worrell was “providing” the marijuana, “not peddling it.” According to testimony July 22, since being arrested, Worrell has resigned from his job with the Goochland County School System. And though the marijuana was found in a common room of the home, Stone said that Isabella Worrell, Glenn Worrell’s wife and the assistant principal at Powhatan Elementary School, did not know that marijuana was in their home and that she was unaware her husband was selling marijuana. Mrs. Worrell declined to comment directly. In May, Commonwealth’s Attorney Robert Beasley said authorities did not believe Mrs. Worrell was connected to her husband’s activities. Worrell apologized for the “embarrassment, pain and stress” the arrest caused his family and the community. “[Getting arrested] was the best thing that ever happened to me,” he said before being sentenced. Otherwise, he said, “I would have never faced my addiction.” Worrell will be on unsupervised probation for the next five years. Correction: The article originally stated that Worrell was arrested September 4, 2008. The September 2008 date is listed on the case information page as the offense date.
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john of Powhatan
Jul. 25, 2009, 04:45 PM
This article is such crap; it is no way that the family did not know that he was “providing” marijuana for the community. The article stated, “The Drug Enforcement Agency found marijuana in a common room of his home and in other locations on the property.” I guess the family could not see the marijuana. That is bull. I guess the Elementary School will have to provide an additional horticulture class next year. The school board should not be re-elected for not doing something about this issue in our school system. A school leader should have better judgement to have themselves in this type of situation. Shame on you Dr. Meara for not taking disciplinary actions. Nobody of shit456
Jul. 24, 2009, 03:34 PM
Personally, I think the guy got off too easy. He worked in the Goochland school system and his wife work at Powhatan Elementary. I’m very happy to know my kids attend a different elementary school. But then again, there is no telling about people. It’s amazing how you cannot trust anything or anyone anymore. How are we supposed to set the example for our kids when those they are with during the day are exactly what we don’t want around our kids. I wish I had the time, money & patient to home school. Powhatan Resident of Powhatan
Jul. 24, 2009, 03:29 PM
The cops cannot and do not search randomly and whenever they feel like it. There has to be strong evidence to get a search warrant which can be used to search your home whether you are there or not. Maybe people should NOT do things that would justify homes being searched. I’m not saying all cops are perfect and do no wrong b/c that would be false. But I have more respect for a cop trying to do his/her job than some loser drug user/dealer who got busted and feels like it was unfair. awed of Powhatan
Jul. 24, 2009, 01:01 PM
That crap don’t just happen in Powhatan. I went through the same thing in Chesterfield(Arresterfield), years ago. This country is becoming a police state, Where eventually you won’t have any rights. It won’t be just the criminals against the police, but everyone will have to fight for their rights against the police. It’s a shame, but there’s nothing we can do about it. We fought for years to get rid of communism, and now this country is headed that way. CHEECH&CHONG; of moseley
Jul. 24, 2009, 10:30 AM
WOW MAN! THEY CAN JUST GO IN YOUR HOUSE, DUDE, WHEN YOUR NOT HOME, JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE THEY THINK IS GUILTY OF SOMETHING, COMES TO YOUR HOUSE MAN? YEA!! MAN, BUT REMEMBER, THIS IS “POWERTAN” DUDE, THEY CAN COME IN YOUR HOUSE ANYTIME THEY WANT AND RAPE YOUR WIFE, BEAT DOWN YOU, YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR PETS,AND THEN CHARGE YOU WITH SOME BOGESS CRAP DUDE,THEN WRONGFULLY CONVICT YOU OF IT MAN!!! WOW MAN!! SO IF YOU WANT TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTY DUDE, YOU NEED TO STAY BENT OVER AND GREASED UP.. WOW!!!! Submit Your Comments Below Commenting is not available in this weblog entry. |
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