Suspected drug dealer arrested

The IU Police Department arrested the same student on two separate occasions last week, both on felony drug charges relating to an ecstacy lab the student volunteered to show police.\nFreshman Jacob Stoner was arrested last Wednesday on three felony charges, including intent to deliver, possession of narcotics and maintaining a common nuisance -- all Class-D felonies.\nStoner bonded out of the Monroe County Jail for $700, according to IUPD narcotics officer Dave Hannum.\nStoner was arrested again Friday after the discovery of a drug lab he allegedly ran in a Bloomington storage facility. He now faces two more Class-B felonies, including intent to deliver schedule one narcotics, defined as a higher classification of narcotics. He is currently out of jail on a $40,000 bond.\nAccording to police, a tip sent IUPD narcotics officer Dave Hannum to Teter Quad last Wednesday. The tipster indicated there was drug activity going on inside the dorm room.\nIn the room, Hannum said he saw "items that looked like paraphernalia which led me to believe there was drug activity going on in the room."\nHannum obtained a search warrant from Monroe County Judge David Welch and found drugs, paraphernalia, digital scales, over $1,000 in cash, Adderol pills, empty capsules and capsules filled with a white powder police said may have been ecstacy. Hannum said they won't know for sure until the results come back from the Indiana State Police lab.\nHannum said he also found two safes, in the room -- one too heavy to carry out -- and confiscated a Toshiba laptop with an estimated $2,700 retail value.\nHannum obtained a search warrant to examine the hard drive of the laptop. IUPD Spokesman and technical services director Lt. Jerry Minger looked over the computer's registry and found instant messenger logs Stoner had saved.\nMinger said some of the text in the messages indicated Stoner "was trying to set-up a market" for his narcotics business.\nHannum then asked Stoner to walk him through his rented storage facility.\nAfter going inside, Hannum said he saw large amounts of paraphernalia and what looked to be lab equipment. Hannum received another search warrant from Welch to investigate the storage facility and called the Indiana State Police's Clandestine Drug Lab team, a specially trained unit in examining possible drug labs.\nAfter the investigation, Hannum phoned Stoner Friday and asked him to meet so Hannum could return his storage locker key.\nHannum said Stoner made him promise he would not take Stoner to jail again. Hannum said he promised. But when Stoner showed up at the department police discovered three hits of ecstacy on him.\nIUPD Officer Shannon Bunger took Stoner to the Monroe County Jail. He is currently out on bond.\n-- Contact staff writer Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.