GIRL, 17, SENTENCED IN 'BABYFACE' DRUG CASE

The teen, who left Northside High School and now lives in Georgia,
was praised for her good behavior.

The last of the Northside High School students charged in connection
with Operation Babyface was sentenced Thursday, drawing a light
punishment that calls for good behavior and community service.

The 17-year-old girl, who now lives in Georgia, said she expected a
more serious sentence for selling LSD to Roanoke County police
Officer Katrina Moulton, who posed as a 17-year-old student for
nearly a year to catch drug dealers.

"You reap what you sow," said the girl, who is not being identified
because she is a juvenile. "If you're stupid enough to do it [sell
drugs], you deserve what you get. I got what I deserved."

The teen's sentencing had been pushed back three months because
Roanoke County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Judge Philip
Trompeter wanted a more complete social history report on the girl
from the Georgia court system.

The report still wasn't available Thursday, but Trompeter said he was
satisfied that the teen was obeying rules of probation and staying on
the right track. Since the teen left Northside last fall, she
enrolled in high school in Hephzibah, Ga., and graduated in June with
nearly all As.

On Thursday, she came to court armed with a trophy she received for
her grades and a medal naming her as an outstanding student for her
work with a preschool. She completed a course in early childhood
education as well as a court-ordered drug program. Drug tests have
come back negative.

"I'm not happy I did what I did," the teen told Trompeter. "I don't
allow myself to get in situations like that anymore."

Trompeter told the teen he'd keep the two felony charges under
advisement for a year. If she doesn't get into trouble again, the
charges will be removed from her record. She'll also continue
probation and must do community service. Trompeter ordered 100 hours
but said he'd cut the number to 50 if she gets a job or enrolls in
college.

The teen - who said she once considered committing suicide because
she didn't like her life - said she' still thinking about college and
is considering coming back to attend (http://www.vw.cc.va.us/Virginia
Western Community College. She said she's thought about careers in
psychology and sociology but still isn't sure.

"I'm pleased with the outcome of this one," said Sgt. Chuck Mason,
who supervises the county police department's vice unit and oversaw
Operation Babyface. "She earned a break, and I think they gave her an
appropriate one."

During the operation, Moulton, now 25, spent 10 months posing as a
junior at Northside High School and then at William Byrd High School
for summer school. The operation ended at the end of last summer,
resulting in the arrests of nine students on charges of drug dealing.
Some of the students received jail time.

Two adults were also implicated in the operation - the 17-year-old
girl's father and step mother. John Henry Davis, 45, and Laurie
Hicks-Davis, 34, were indicted in April on felony LSD distribution
and possession charges. The teen went to police on her own before she
was charged in Operation Babyface, Mason said.

The teen said her father and step mother supplied her with LSD and
encouraged her to sell it to her friends. John Henry Davis has denied
the allegations. He and his wife are scheduled for trial in Roanoke
County Circuit Court next month.