‘There’s a lot I’ve learned from it.’ Man who sold drugs from Penn State frat receives sentence
A New York man who sold cocaine from a Penn State fraternity was sentenced Thursday to at least 364 days in the Centre County Correctional Facility.
Cameron Miller, 23, sold a confidential informant about $800 worth of cocaine between August 2017 and March 2018, Centre County Assistant District Attorney Josh Bower wrote in an eight-page memo to county President Judge Pamela Ruest.
Police officers in April 2018 searched Miller’s room inside Zeta Psi and found about 50 grams of cocaine and more than $5,000 in a safe, Bower wrote.
Miller has shown minimal effort to rehabilitate himself, has a lack of moral insight and has “thumbed his nose at the system,” Bower wrote.
“The defendant comes from a privileged background; he had a world of opportunity and a bright future in front of him,” Bower wrote. “Unfortunately, for our community and for the defendant, instead of the original criminal charges being a wake-up call to chart a new course, he made the conscious decision to continue to purchase cocaine, give alcohol to minors and fall back into the lifestyle that led him to sit behind bars in the Centre County Correctional Facility.”
Miller was contrite as he addressed Ruest, saying he was “a little bit arrogant” and felt “invincible.”
He lamented contributing to drug addition and said going to jail was one of the most important events in his life.
“I feel that there’s a lot I’ve learned from it,” Miller said. “... I’m sorry for my behavior and the negative impact it has had on this county. I’d like to be one of the most forgettable faces in the courthouse. I want to prove to you that I’m worth taking that chance on.”
His maximum sentence is two years, minus one day. He received credit for 189 days already served.
Miller, who pleaded guilty to one felony count of possession with intent to deliver cocaine and four felony counts of delivery of cocaine, was also sentenced to three years of probation and was ordered to pay a $200 fine.
“Hopefully you’ve learned from this and we’ll never see you again,” Ruest said. “That’s the hope”
This story was originally published March 5, 2020 at 3:01 PM.