Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 05:26:20 -0800 Pubdate: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 Source: United Press International Copyright: 1999 United Press International MICH. MEN ARRAIGNED IN DATE-RAPE CASE WOODHAVEN, Mich., March 16 (UPI) - Four young men near Detroit have been arraigned for allegedly poisoning three teenage girls, one fatally, with the date-rape drug GHB. The oldest in the group, 25-year-old Erick Limmer, is also accused of supplying the drug that was slipped into the girls' drinks during a party at his Grosse Ile (EEL), Mich., apartment in January. Police say toxicology tests determined high levels of GHB, also known by the street names ``scoop'' and ``liquid ecstasy,'' killed 15-year-old Samantha Reid. A 14-year-old girl who ingested the drug lapsed into a coma but later recovered. The third girl was not hurt. Relatives of the victims expressed anger and grief in the courtroom today after 33rd District Judge James Kersten set bond at 10 percent of $80,000 each instead of the $100,000 cash sought by prosecutors. Each man is charged with three counts of poisoning, punishable by life in prison, and one count of homicide manslaughter. Limmer and 17-year-old Nicholas Holtschlag were released on bond. Defendants Daniel Brayman and Joshua Cole, both 18, were unable to post bond immediately. The judge ordered a March 30 hearing to schedule a preliminary examination. GHB was a common diet drug before it was banned by the Food and Drug Administration in 1990. Now the tasteless liquid or powder is made illegally from common ingredients. Prosecutors say the girls were served GHB-laced drinks including beer, orange juice and Mountain Dew. After two girls passed out, the defendants allegedly tried to cover up the party by cleaning the apartment and waited to call for an ambulance until it was too late. - --- MAP posted-by: Patrick Henry