Last updated: September 2007
Potten luck!

Two foolish freshers at an American university have been kicked off their course before taking their first class for yelling from a dorm-room window that they had pot for sale.

Police say that Michael R. Emery boasted from his window, “If you’re looking for weed, my roommate has some for sale,” to a passing female student only to be overheard by two plain clothes police officers who were in the area.

Emery and his roommate, Matthew J. Ferrante, 18, were both arrested on alcohol, pot possession and distribution charges. The pair were caught with small bags of marijuana and a larger bag packed with three to four ounces of pot in their second-floor dorm room, said Jake Wark, spokesman for Suffolk District Attorney’s office. Other drug paraphernalia and a pulley system reportedly used to deliver the goods to other dorm rooms were also found.

The students appeared in court earlier this month on charges of possession of a class D substance with intent to distribute, possession of alcohol by a minor, and conspiracy to violate the state’s drug laws. The intent to distribute charge carries a maximum of two years in jail.

They pleaded not guilty, were both released on personal recognisance and are due back in court on October 24.
“They are no longer students here,” university spokeswoman Laura Shea said.