Pubdate: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News (CO) Copyright: 2002, Denver Publishing Co. Contact: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/371 TEN STUDENTS ARRESTED ON MARIJUANA CHARGES BLOOMINGTON, Ind.- Ten Indiana University students were asleep or cramming for finals when police came to the door with arrest warrants. "They were shocked," said Officer Dale Hannum, who coordinated a semester-long investigation that led to the arrests on marijuana charges early Monday. "They wanted to know why they couldn't go to their finals this morning." All 10 students were charged with at least one Class D felony, which carries a minimum sentence of one year in jail. All 10 were also charged with drug-related misdemeanors. Three of the students were charged with felony possession of marijuana with intent to deal and felony cultivation of marijuana. Hannum said he also expects to file charges in the next few days against another IU student for dealing cocaine, a Class A felony, and ecstasy, a Class B felony. The mass arrest of students on drug-related charges was the second IU police have made this year. In December, 13 students were charged. "There was definitely a ripple through the drug culture," Hannum said of the first series of arrests. "It didn't stop the problem, but it sure did slow it down." During Monday morning's arrests, police confiscated more than 150 grams of marijuana, as well as numerous smoking devices and paraphernalia used to grow and distribute marijuana, according to Hannum. - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart