Fraternity Drug bust in Morgantown
 

Yesterday afternoon the Sigma Chi house was raided by authorities and at least one brother was arrested for dealing cocaine and heroin from the house. He is facing cumatively almost 200 years in prison and 7.5 million in fines, right now at least.

Not sure if the fraternity will be in trouble. I would assume so because of knowingly allowing someone to distribute and sell drugs.

What is kind of ironic is that last sunday they won an award for being the most outstanding fraternity on campus.

major league oops...

Is this Ironic or Moronic?:(

Swell, just friggen swell.:o

agreed

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maybe it's because I've been going here for 4 years, that it seems like I've heard this story a hundred times. well, same concept, different greek letters.

Listen, don't do drugs. Nobody gives a crap that you're wasting away your life. What they care about is that your stupidity may impact them. And if you're dealing, just tell your friends "hey guys, I'm scum, you don't want to be around me" they'll understand.

that sucks
 

is it just me, or does it seem like EVERY campus has that ONE fraternity that has its share of drug issues.

There were 2 at IU, and both were taken care of (as in closed down) by their nationals.

It seems like if a chapter has a drug issue (though this case I guess it sounds like one person), that the alumni or the national hq has to have some sort of clue about this?

Its too bad this guy has pretty much screwed his life up...its worse that he drug his chapter with him.

from what everyone says, even people on here that have openly admitted to the drug problems, this shouldn't come as much of a surprise to anyone

Wow, that really sucks. I have 2 pretty good friends in Sigma Chi, they're doing a pretty good job keeping hush hush about it, this is the first I've heard of it. That's a big surprise, they definitely don't strike me as the type of chapter that's dealing drugs from their house. :(

The school is doing a very good job of keeping in hush-hush.

I think that is why they waited until pretty much the last day of school when everyone was gone to bust them. It's been going on for two years now.

I doubt that there will be any consequences for the fraternity.

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wow! 200 years. why do they throw out numbers like that?

It's cocaine and heroin? Well, I guess I'll have to give him props for at least not cooking meth. (if you watch WV news you'll know what I'm talking about)

ETA: So, if he/they/whatever were selling the drugs yet giving the profit to charities could they put that up as a philanthropic fundraising? :p

zombie dust is bad for you

I don't know - Sigma Chi nationals put out a communication earlier this year from a "zero tolerance" perspective about problem chapters. Even though they won an award, the bust happened in the house, which puts it in jeopardy.

Plus, just that this case made the media, it's usually a death sentence for a chapter. Negative PR is never tolerated by a national organization.

If I were that chapter, I'd hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

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Even though dealing drugs is REALLY REALLY bad, it's sad that if that person molested some little kids for years, he would probably only get a couple of months in jail...

:rolleyes:

I very much doubt he will serve 200 years, that's just what the sumation is of the minimum sentencing for all six counts are.

More than likely he will plea bargain his way out by testifying against other people in the ring that are higher up than he is. Although, if I remeber correctly for each million in fines you can't pay-that is a mandatory extra five years on your sentence.

...lol. Maybe. Although I think they might get sued for by the kid that was stabbed at their philanthropy two weeks ago-so the drug money may have to go to that.

Since there seems to be some misconceptions and speculations going around, here is a link to the only article I could find regarding the drug bust.

Morgantown Police Make Drug Bust
by Erica Sobczak
WDTV NewsChannel Five
2005-05-06

I find this interesting since in your original post you wrote "last sunday they won an award for being the most outstanding fraternity on campus." So the "most outstanding" award came after the alleged stabbing?

Also, I can't find any links to any reports regarding this alleged stabbing so could you please provide a link if possible? Thanks.

Dog, if they're house is re-poed, I want in on that shit.

That's only one count. There are six counts against him. If I could link the article from our paper I would, but you have to be a subscriber to enter their electronic database.

Same deal with the stabbing. Although I'm not sure if it was in my paper because it took place in a different county. I'll see if I can find a police report or something.

I heard the stabbing rumor too from one of my friends. I was at Derby Days and didn't see anything remotely close to that happening- and I stayed till the cops came and busted it up. One of the brothers that I also happen to be friends with told me it was completely untrue and that the cops came became of all the "fighting" that was going on- the drunk guys thinking it was funny to slam into each other.

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AMEN AMEN AMEN!!!!!!!!

Child molesters/abusers get off way too easily, especially if it is a woman (well from the profiles that i have read about)

I think that this house should not of been selling drugs in the first place and it makes thier house look very very very bad maybe they will learn thier lesson after this one.....

It is not the "house" that allegedly may have been selling drugs, but a single individual who allegedly may have been selling "out of" the house. A big difference.

Thanks. Just figured that something as big as this would have had some press on it.

And I came across the subscriber thing as well (which is why I hoped there was some other report) and noticed that you had to pay to subscribe. WTF is up with that?

Well, lets hope you are correct and it is just a rumor.

I didn't give the stabbing much credit until the other day. I know how rumors are and stuff like that gets started with no actual stem. However, I was talking to a professor in the Greek Office and they mentioned it. I kind of took that as confirmation.

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Yea i had heard Sammies national pulled them a few years back because of a meth "lab" in their house or something along those lines. What was the other one? All the fraternities that had their charters revoked in the past few years that i can think of were because of alcohol or hazing violations