Information on Busted Dealers

The names of Patrick McCann's roommates, the late Cal Student, Pike brother, and former water polo player, were obtained by the Oakland Tribune.

Three of them, Matthew Mark Morrison, a 22-year-old legal studies major (whoops!); Babatunde John Oyelowo, a 21-year-old conservation and resource studies major; and Casey D. Lanzon, a 23-year-old American studies major who was last enrolled Fall '03, were arrested Tuesday. A fourth, 22-year-old Thatcher Hillegas has had a warrant issued for his arrest on felony marijuana charges.

Rundown:

~ Matthew Mark Morrisson doesn't appear to be recently accomplished, at least not in a way that would make available any of his information online.

~ Casey Lanzon, however, appears to have been on theBoys' Swim Team at the Central Valley Aquatic Center, and has the 5th best time in the 50 meter breastsroke in CVA's history, in 1990 on the 8-and-under. He also, much more recently, was on the Third Team in the 1999 National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association Water Polo All-Americans, from Turlock High School. Patrick McCann--perhaps-not-so-coincidentally--was, as mentioned, a water polo player.

~ 6-foot-6 John Oyelowo played Volleyball for the Santa Barbara High School Dons, and was on the Principal's Honor Roll Fall 2000 as a Junior.

~ Thatch Hillegas is a recent Daily Cal cartoonist (published work from February 23, February 3, and January 27). He's won at least two honorable mentions for line illustration, in the 2002 and 2003 Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) awards, as a student from Santa Barbara City College. It's unclear at the moment whether he was a Cal student this semester, or last year when he contributed to the Daily Cal.

One thing of mild import might be the impact the Pay-O sheet is going to have on the Cal community. Lots of college students smoke pot (and certainly a few do meth), and it's nearly certain that at least some of this drug den's clients were Berkeley students whose information is now in the hands of a very crackdown-happy Alameda County DA's office.

Also, $14,000 in cash just lying around? Assault weapons? A shotgun? 6 pounds of pot? Does this remind anyone else of "Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels"?

Some things to think about:

How many fellow Pikers was McCann selling to, if any?
How many Co-Opers are on the list?
How many Greeks in general are on the list?
Is OSL going to go crazy if there are dozens or even hundreds of Greeks on the list?

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