BRIDGEPORT - Dressed in a gray sweat suit and clutching dollar-store flip flops, a former Fairfield University student burst into tears Friday as she was sentenced to prison for orchestrating large-scale marijuana sales from her dorm room.

"I want to apologize; I just want to finish college and get on with my life," 22-year-old Michaela Marshall cried before being led away in handcuffs by judicial marshals to begin serving a 15-month sentence.

Superior Court Judge Roland Fasano ordered a co-defendant, Erik Rodriguez, 21, to serve one year in prison.

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