DING-DING, ICE CREAM, HASHISH!

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Maybe the ice cream truck's jingle should have
been ``White Rabbit.''

Some Brooklyn teen-agers were allegedly feeding their heads as well as
their stomachs from the local ice cream truck, until Brooklyn
prosecutors indicted two Staten Island men and charged them with
selling hashish and marijuana along with the usual Popsicles, fudge
bars and other frozen treats.

Alexy Zagrebin, 20, and James Lapointe, 20, owned the ice cream truck
and were charged with selling the drugs to a group of teen-agers aged
15 and 17, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes' office said.

The vendors were charged with 14 counts, including sale of a
controlled substance in or near school grounds, and face a maximum
term of eight and one-third years to 25 years in prison.

Both men posted bail and were released pending arraignment in about
two weeks.

Police seized the truck, but the perishable ice cream was returned to
Zagrebin's family, Hynes' office said.

Checked-by: Patrick Henry