Police said a small amount of marijuana was found Tuesday night in a Nittany Apartments residence whose most current residents -- according to university housing records -- are football players AJ Wallace, Andrew Quarless, Maurice Evans and Abe Koroma.
What started Tuesday night as a response to a complaint about loud music at apartment 5204, where the four players live, turned into a more-than-five-hour-long investigation involving marijuana possession.
Wednesday morning, Penn State Police Lt. Bill Moerschbacher said a "small amount" of marijuana was found in apartment 5204 after police responded to the report of loud music Tuesday.
Drug law charges will be filed soon, Moerschbacher said, adding police could not specifically say who will be charged in connection with the incident. He said police are still investigating to determine who had possession of the marijuana.
Exactly what charges will be filed is hard to say at this point, Moerschbacher said Wednesday morning, but none of the residents had been charged with any crime at that time.
Bill Mahon, university spokesman, said Wednesday it is not the university's practice to comment on "things that do not involve a crime at this point."
Reached Wednesday night, Penn State sports information director Jeff Nelson could offer no update as to the status of the four players for this weekend's game against Oregon State.
"We are still in the information gathering stages," he said.
When reporters visited apartment 5204 seeking comment at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, no one answered the door. It was not clear if any of the residents were home.
Quarless did not return calls or an e-mail as of press time yesterday.
Wallace, Evans and Koroma were unable to be reached via phone or e-mail Wednesday, and calls to the Offices of Judicial Affairs and Residence Life were not immediately returned.
Police were called shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday night and noticed an obvious smell of marijuana permeating the residence, Moerschbacher said.
When police asked to search the residence because of the smell residents declined and police obtained a search warrant for the apartment, Moerschbacher said. District Judge Carmine Prestia authorized the search at 10:59 p.m. Tuesday, according to the search warrant.
Upon entering the residence, Moerschbacher said there was a number of people inside, some residents of the apartment and some non-residents.
An officer spoke with Aristides A. Nova (senior-computer engineering), who told police he does not live in the residence and was only staying there temporarily, according to the warrant.
Wallace told police he had been staying at his girlfriend's residence and Nova had been staying in his room while he was gone, according to the warrant.
The warrant listed Nova, Wallace and Quarless as being at the apartment Tuesday night. Neither Evans nor Koroma was listed as being at the apartment Tuesday night, with the warrant only listing them as two of the most recent tenants.
Police could not provide details on the exact amount of marijuana found because it had yet to be officially tested, Moerschbacher said.
In a teleconference this morning, Penn State quarterback Daryll Clark said he was "shocked" when he found out about the incident.
"I don't even know what happened," he said, adding he had heard police had gone to someone's apartment. "I really don't know why. ... I have to look into it to see what's going on right now."
Evans was named a preseason All-American for Penn State and started last week against Coastal Carolina. He recorded two tackles in that game.
Koroma -- another defensive starter -- also had two tackles, while Wallace recorded two tackles playing cornerback and also returned a kickoff for 35 yards last week.
Quarless, who caught one pass for eight yards last week against Coastal Carolina, has seen his ups and downs while at Penn State. He received an underage drinking citation two weeks before the 2007 season began and was arraigned on two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol and related violations in March 2008.
He has since entered an Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) program.
