Two college students, one from Elgin and the other from Merrillville, Indiana, have been arrested by Naperville police for allegedly having a loaded handgun and 39 bags of cannabis in their dorm room, officials said.
Police were notified by North Central College campus safety officers about 1:10 a.m. Saturday that they smelled marijuana and observed a loaded handgun and loaded firearm magazine in a dorm room shared by Kurtis Cruz, 18, of Merrillville, Indiana, and Diyonnes King, 18, of Elgin, according to a news release from the Naperville Police Department and DuPage County state’s attorney’s office.
Police officers located the firearm, a Glock 29 Gen5 10mm and a loaded 26-round capacity extended magazine with one round in the chamber, in a backpack next to a safe under Cruz’s bed, the release said. The 39 bags of cannabis, weighing about 136 grams with packaging, were reportedly found in King’s backpack on the other side of the room.
Cruz was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon in a school and King with one count each of delivery of cannabis on school grounds and delivery of 30 to 500 grams of cannabis. All of the charges are felonies.
Cruz will be held in the DuPage County jail pending trial on the order of Judge Christine Cody. King was released from custody because he cannot be detained on the charges, but was prohibited by a judge from going into North Central dormitory buildings, the release said.
Cruz’s next court appearance is scheduled for March 3. King is next scheduled to be in court on March 2.
