A Cornell student was arrested along the 500 block of Stewart Avenue Sunday for criminal possession of a “substantial quantity” of heroin, the Ithaca Police Department said.
Keri Blakinger ’11 was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, a class A-II felony.
Ithaca Police said that they were called to the 500 block of Stewart Avenue Sunday to respond to a report of a suspicious person. When they arrived on the scene near the Hillside Inn, they identified that individual as 26-year-old Blakinger.
Police said in a statement that further investigation revealed Blakinger was in possession of a “substantial quantity” of heroin.
Officers recovered from Blakinger nearly six ounces of heroin, valued at more than $150,000, The Ithaca Journal reported Monday. Police said that this was one of the largest seizures of heroin in IPD history.
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