STUDENT CHARGED WITH SELLING LSD

UNC Campus Police Arrest A Sophomore On Charges Of Selling LSD And
Committing Other Drug-Related Felonies.

CHAPEL HILL -- A student's discovery of drug paraphernalia inside his
substance-free dormitory room led to the arrest of another UNC-Chapel
Hill student Wednesday on charges of dealing LSD.

Campus police charged Jennifer Alicia Brasiskis, a 19-year-old
sophomore from High Point, with two counts of felony possession with
intent to sell and deliver the hallucinogenic drug. She was also
charged with felonious sale of LSD, felony possession of psilocybin
mushrooms, and maintaining a dwelling for the sale of controlled
substances, yet another felony.

According to police reports, undercover investigators bought 10 doses
of LSD from Brasiskis' private room at Granville Towers West about 2
a.m. Wednesday. They returned with a search warrant several hours
later, reports show, and found 36 more hits of acid, two psychedelic
mushrooms and one-half ounce of marijuana.

The trail to Granville Towers began with a near-overdose Tuesday on
South Campus, said Derek Poarch, director of public safety at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. That incident led campus
and town police to the Old West dormitory.

At Old West, police interviewed two students who had found pipes,
rolling papers and other drug-related items in their room. The pair
then summoned a resident advisor, who in turn alerted campus police.

The owner of the drug paraphernalia "put our housing contract in
jeopardy," said Richard Bohart, a freshman from Charlotte.

Bohart is one of nearly 500 students living in three residence halls
where alcohol and tobacco use and drug consumption are forbidden. The
students must sign binding agreements to refrain from substance use
inside those dorms.

After taking the likely owner of the found paraphernalia into custody
(he was later released), police went to Granville Towers, a high-rise
apartment complex for students.

Brasiskis, who also faces misdemeanor charges of possessing marijuana
and drug paraphernalia, remained in custody Wednesday evening at the
Orange County jail in Hillsborough with bail set at $25,000. Her
enrollment status is also in jeopardy; a drug conviction is grounds
for automatic expulsion, said Melissa Exum, the dean of students.

Though unable to provide exact numbers, Poarch said that LSD arrests
are relatively rare on campus and in Chapel Hill. Most recently, a
woman was arrested on LSD possession charges last year after police
found her on the roof of Franklin Street Pizza & Pasta.

Alan Scher Zagier can be reached at 932-2012 or azagier@nando.com

Checked-by: Patrick Henry