Police find marijuana plants at students' home

Two seniors were arrested Tuesday night after police responding to a 911 call found marijuana plants, paraphernalia and what appeared to be cocaine at their home, according to the Bloomington Police Department.\nThursday, the students' roommate turned himself in, police said.\nKenneth C. Gantman, 21, and Matthew W. Tredwell, 21, both of 523 E. University St., face preliminary charges of maintaining a common nuisance and possession of marijuana, police said. They were released from the Monroe County Correctional Center on $5,000 surety bonds and $500 cash each, according to the jail. \nThe crime carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison.\nPolice would not identify the third man, but said he will face charges.\nWhen the third man turned himself in, he was accompanied by his father and lawyer, said BPD Sgt. Bob Neely.\nBPD Capt. Bill Parker said officers were sent to the home shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday. Parker said dispatchers could not identify who the caller was and went to the residence to see if anyone was hurt. \nNo one was hurt. But while police were there, an officer spotted marijuana and a pipe in the living room, Parker said. After obtaining a search warrant, police found marijuana, baggies, pipes, several baggies of what appeared to be cocaine in a safe and $800 in cash, Parker said. \nWhen the men returned, they were detained and arrested, Parker said.\nNeely said police suspect the men of committing more crimes than possessing marijuana.\n"We haven't really gotten involved," he said. "We think there was a small amount of dealing. We can't say how much."\nPolice originally went to the house on a technological mishap. Police suspect a cordless phone or computer made the call. Neely said the department often receives phone calls from cordless phones that are running low on battery power.\n"We don't know if a computer or a cordless phone with a battery going low made the call. Sometimes, for some reason, that will cause the phone to call 911. A lot of times we call 911, that does happen with cordless phones. Why? I have no idea," he said. \nDet. Rob Schrake, a narcotics officer and part of a drug task force for south central Indiana, said the department occasionally finds drugs in unusual places. He said finding drugs while responding to an erroneous 911 call isn't that unusual.\n"There's numerous ways," he said. "It comes in from so many sources in so many cases."\nNeither Gantman nor Tredwell returned phone calls Thursday.