Former IU student pleads guilty to drug charge

Former IU student Igor Zharovsky pleaded guilty last week to the charge of maintaining a common nuisance, a class D felony, receiving 30 days in jail with credit for one day he already served, according to the chronological case summary.\nAccording to the summary, Zharovsky had also been formally charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana, but the charges were dropped after a plea bargain.\nThe charges stemmed from a November IU Police Department arrest, involving four separate locations on Lincoln Street and the arrest of five different people, said IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger, reading from the police report. The other people involved have not been sentenced yet.\n"It was an extensive investigation," Minger said. "It involved the sale of marijuana and other narcotics."\nZharovsky himself was not formally charged with intent to deliver.\nMinger said officers arrested Zharovsky, obtained a search warrant for his residence and that drugs were in plain view when officers walked into the room. Minger said they searched Zharovsky's room, where they found psilocybin mushrooms and photographs depicting Zharovsky using drug paraphernalia.\nAccording to the summary, Zharovsky must serve "14 real days" in jail and can submit a written request to have his conviction reduced to a misdemeanor upon the completion of his sentence.