Eight Students And One Professor Arrested In Major Drug Bust At William & Mary

Dent7 years ago

College is a time to immerse yourself in new experiences. Most students take this challenge head-on, and it’s interesting to see the degree to which each of us is willing to push the envelope. For some, that’s through academic endeavors or university involvement. For others, it’s through recklessly abusing drugs and alcohol.

Chances are, if anyone in the latter group goes to the College of William & Mary, they are familiar with the gang of individuals below, because this squad has been pushing that good shit for a minute.

From Richmond Times-Dispatch:

Ten people — including eight College of William & Mary students and a professor — were arrested this week on narcotics distribution charges following a monthslong investigation, Williamsburg police said.

Police said the operation, a joint investigation by Williamsburg authorities and the Tri-Rivers Drug Task Force, seized LSD, cocaine, psilocybin (mushrooms), opioids, amphetamines, steroids, hashish and marijuana. Roughly $14,000 in cash was also recovered, authorities said.

Williamsburg police Maj. Greg Riley said the drugs were being sold on or around the William & Mary campus.

Damn, that’s a full buffet. Actually, that’s more than a buffet. To put it in buffet terms, this arrangement of drugs would be the equivalent to the most luxurious spread on the Las Vegas Strip. While, in comparison, your run-of-the-mill, everyday, weed dealer is like a Golden Corral just months from being shut down.

This crew has it all. Weed not doing the trick? How about some pills? Pills getting boring? Let’s bump it up to coke? Feel like you’re not trying to peel your face off enough in paranoia? No problemo, chief. Here are some shrooms and LSD.

How did they manage to take down all of these people at the same time? Were they co-conspirators or are all 10 drug dealers on this campus just really bad at keeping a low profile?

“We have no indication that these individuals were working together,” Riley said.

The criminal investigation began after authorities were told that there were unreported sexual assaults occurring because of increased drug activity on or around the William & Mary campus, Williamsburg police said.

“We were told the assaults were occurring because of increased drug use,” Riley said.

Police looked into the drug activity, which led to this week’s arrests, he said.

Well, that certainly took a turn. To be clear, when I said that college is for new experiences, I meant fun things like housing shots of bottle barrel liquor and getting totally consensual hand jibbers in public. NOT rape. Rape is — in fact — very bad. Don’t rape. And don’t ruin the potential fun of tripping on drugs for others by raping.

Hopefully, this bust will help bring William & Mary back to a safe environment for students. And how about all you junkies out there just stick to weed and alcohol for awhile like the rest of us. Let the hard stuff be. Shit’s dangerous, clearly..

[via Richmond Times-Dispatch]

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