Four DeSales Students Arrested During Drug Raid

The Lehigh County Drug Task Force arrested four DeSales University students April 20 during a raid on a Coopersburg home.

The students -- Sean Angelo Dilella, 21, James Michael Evatt, 20, Adam Thomas Dorn, 20, and Damla Melody Alkan, 20 -- shared a home on Station Avenue in Coopersburg.

According to the criminal complaint, an informant contacted a detective on the Lehigh County Drug Task Force with a tip that someone named "Mike" was selling illegal substances out of a home on Station Avenue in Coopersburg. 

On two separate occasions, the informant arranged drug buys from "Mike" at the home. Police report that the informant retrieved from the home "a small plastic Ziploc baggie housing green vegetable matter represented to be marijuana" and brought it to the detective. The "green vegetable matter" field-tested positive for marijuana on both occasions.

Both times, the informant claimed Evatt sold the baggies. 

Police raided the home on April 20 around 3pm. They found drugs in each of the four students' bedrooms (the charges below reflect what was found in each room), as well as drugs and paraphernalia in the kitchen and living room. In Evatt's room, police allegedly found a ledger, a digital scale, packaging material and an envelope with $359.

The students are charged as follows:

Damla Melody Alkan

• Possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamines)
• Possession of drug paraphernalia 

Sean Angelo Dilella

• Manufacturing a controlled substance
• Possession of a controlled substance (marijuana and pills)
• Possession of drug paraphernalia

Adam Thomas Dorn

• Possession of a controlled substance (marijuana and pills)
• Possession of drug paraphernalia 

James Michael Evatt 

• Manufacturing a controlled substance
• Possession of a controlled substance (marijuana, pills and methamphetamines)
• Possession of drug paraphernalia

Alkan and Dorn were released on $10,000 unsecured bail. Dilella was released on $25,000 unsecured bail. Evatt was released on $50,000 unsecured bail. A preliminary hearing for all four was set for Aug. 28.