On Monday, a 19-year-old Pennsylvania man was arrested and held at the Snyder County Jail after police charged him with several felonies and a misdemeanor. According to police, they witnessed the man, a former student at Susquehanna University, conducting a drug deal in the school's parking lot. The man was held in lieu of $50,000 bail.

It is one thing to be caught in possession of marijuana, but accusations of drug delivery carry serious criminal charges with major penalties if one is convicted. Some legal penalties individuals could face in the state of Pennsylvania for delivering marijuana could certainly include jail time and the suspension of one's driver's license.

According to Selinsgrove police who allegedly witnessed the drug deal, the man was spotted taking a package out of his vehicle in the Susquehanna University parking lot Monday afternoon. The officers said that after taking the package out of his vehicle, he got inside another vehicle that was parked in the lot.

When the former student entered the vehicle, the car left the university's parking lot and police conducted a traffic stop. Police spotted a metal container inside the vehicle which contained a fourth of a pound of marijuana. The driver and the former student were arrested. Police also seized the former student's vehicle that had been parked at the school's lot.

Police are investigating the former student in order to determine if additional charges should be filed. After Monday's incident, the man was charged with several felonies including:

  • Delivery of a controlled substance
  • Possession to deliver a controlled substance
  • Criminal conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance
  • Criminal use of a communications facility in delivery of a controlled substance

The 19-year-old also faces a misdemeanor charge of delivery or possession with intent to deliver drug paraphernalia. When an individual faces any drug charge in Pennsylvania, he or she may benefit from working with an attorney in order to reduce or drop one's charges depending on the circumstances of one's arrest.

Source: The Daily Item, "Ex-SU athlete charged in 'pot' sale," Tricia Pursell, Feb. 15, 2012