The former Penn State football player who has been called a "person of interest" in the June murder of Langston Carraway is no longer facing drug-related charges in Centre County.

LaVon Chisley, 22, was charged in Centre County with possession of drug paraphernalia - namely a scale - after police visited his ex-girlfriend's apartment in June hoping to question him about Carraway's unsolved murder.

Police did not find Chisley at the apartment, located at 1400 Martin St., but his ex-girlfriend gave police some of his belongings, including the scale, which she claimed Chisley left behind.

Carraway was found stabbed to death in his 110 Northbrook Lane apartment by a family member. His death was ruled a homicide on June 6 by Centre County Coroner Scott Sayers, who said Carraway, 26, died of "massive blood loss as a result of a stabbing."

At a hearing this morning in front of Judge Charles Brown, Centre County Assistant District Attorney Karen Kuebler asked Brown to amend the criminal complaint against Chisley because she conceded that Chisley had already been evicted from the apartment when police searched it on June 19.

Karen Muir, Chisley's attorney, asked the judge to dismiss charges because she said Chisley could not have been in possession of the scale at that time since he had been evicted from the apartment.

Kuebler attempted to amend the complaint to state that Chisley was in possession of the scale between the dates of April 1 and April 20 - which Chisley's ex-girlfriend confirmed during Chisley's preliminary hearing in June.

However, Brown denied the request for the amended complaint, saying that the commonwealth could instead re-file the charges against Chisley with the proper dates included.

Muir maintains that the scale did not belong to Chisley and therefore any future charges will have no grounds.

She added in her motion that Carraway was a known drug dealer and it was possible the scale belonged to him.

Centre County District Attorney Michael Madeira said that because the scale was in Chisley's possession, he was charged with the crime.

Chisley had previously been charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana as well, but that charge was dismissed at his preliminary hearing. Madeira said that when charges are re-filed against Chisley, the commonwealth will not re-file the possession of marijuana charge.

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