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Sunday, June 04, 2006

“The Professor”! Cute!


A federal judge could decide Monday whether a Memphis cancer researcher accused of possessing and dealing methamphetamine is a flight risk.

Marcello Arsura, an associate professor of pharmacology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, will appear again before U.S. Magistrate Judge Tu Pham.

… [A]uthorities presented Pham with several telephone call recordings and witness testimonies that painted Arsura as a violent dope dealer and addict, nicknamed 'Mo' and 'The Professor,' with no family in the country.