DEA AGENT ACCUSED OF FATALLY SHOOTING MAN IN ROANOKE

Slaying case sent to grand jury

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.