MUNCIE, Ind. ÷ A former Ball State University student who was arrested last spring for dealing illegal drugs from his dorm room was sentenced to 90 days in jail Monday by a Delaware County Circuit Court judge.

Judge Robert Barnet Jr. of Circuit Court 3 handed down the 90-day sentence after John M. Lam, 19, Schererville, Ind., pled guilty to dealing marijuana in April from his room in Beeman Hall.

In one of the largest drug busts to be made in the residence halls, police confiscated between $13,000 and $18,000 worth of drugs in Lam's room ÷ including six pounds of marijuana and 200 steroid pills ÷ in addition to syringes, scales and $1,000 cash.

Under the terms of Lam's plea agreement, Lam pled guilty in mid-September to dealing marijuana ÷ a class A misdemeanor with a standard one-and-a-half year prison term ÷ in return for the dismissal of four other drug-related charges brought against him. All charges brought against Lam's roommate in the case have been dropped.