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Tavante Beckett Update: Drug Arrest, and it’s Serious

Related Topics: The Roanoke Times

The Roanoke Times is reporting that Tavante Beckett was immediately suspended because he had been arrested for possession of marijuana by the Blacksburg police.

“Beckett, 19, was arrested Monday by Blacksburg police and charged with conspiring to distribute marijuana in an amount more than a half ounce but less than 5 pounds, a Class 5 felony in Virginia with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $2,500 fine. He was released on a $2,500 unsecured bond, according to court records.”

- exerpt from Andy Bitter’s linked article in the Roanoke Times

That pretty much says it all.