By Kim Manahan (Whetstone Staff Writer)

Three Wesley College students and members of Alpha Phi Delta were arrested and expelled from Wesley after police discovered them to be in possession of large amounts of marijuana.

David Demont, 23, Jason Ruiter, 22, and Troy Cannatelli, 22, who live at 225 N. Bradford St., were arrested by Dover police Feb. 10 for possessing nearly 500 grams of marijuana and growing nine marijuana plants.

Each was charged with possession of marijuana, maintaining a dwelling and resisting arrest.

“What happened to me and my roommates isn’t as simple as an arrest,” Ruiter said. “It’s not as cut and dry as that, and there’s more to it.”

Ruiter said “Wesley did what they had to do. They got to keep their reputation as an institution, so I’m expelled until next semester, if I decide to come back here.”

It took Wesley three days to make the decision, and the college declined comment on the students’ expulsion.

Demont was also charged with possession with intent to deliver and was released on a $6,500 unsecured bond.

Ruiter and Cannatelli were charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, and each released on a $4,000 unsecured bond.