Three SUNY Delhi Students Arrested for Selling Drugs

Three SUNY Delhi Students were arrested Friday on sealed indictment warrants at the conclusion of a three month investigation conducted by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division with the assistance of the Delaware County Probation Department and SUNY Delhi University Police Department.

Jerome Swaggard, 21, of Brooklyn, was arrested and charged with 3rd degree Criminal Sale of Marijuana and 4th degree Criminal Sale of Marijuana. Matthew Balzano, 21, of Chester, was arrested and charged with two counts of 5th degree Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance. Robert Plaut, 20, of Farmingdale, was arrested on and charged with two counts of 3rd degree Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree and one count of 5th degree Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance.

Plaut and Balzano are of accused of selling a hallucinogenic substance known as “Molly.” Swaggard, Balzano and Plaut were immediately arraigned before County Court Judge Carl Becker and ordered held without bail pending a future court appearances.