NYU Freshman Busted For Dealing Drugs

NYU spokesman John Beckman is the hardest working man in university communications these days. What with yesterday's news of the NYU student living in the library's basement, not to mention the many suicides this past school year, did he really need to have a freshman arrested for dealing pot? Of course, a college student selling drugs is much more understandable than living in the library, but it definitely lacks that unfelonious charm. Julia Diaco, a freshman from Rumson, NJ, was apprehended at a St. Marks apartment building, with "several ounces of high grade pot and a scale" on her, according to Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau. Diaco was also dealing pot and other hallucinogens from her NYU dorm, Hayden Hall. The Daily News emphasizes that Diaco's family lives in a "castle-like mansion" in the same town as Bruce Springsteen, her family was "powerful" - with her dad a "big wheel" in construction - and that Diaco was "headstrong and always well-dressed." Hmm, Daily News, try to spell it out a little more, okay? The other great thing about the Daily News's coverage are the quotes from suitemates:

Diaco suite mate who declined to give her name said "it was pretty obvious what she was doing" and that "she had a lot of customers."
"The phone calls she made were really loud," the student said.
Another suite mate said, "I just noticed lots of people walking in and out all the time."
The first suite mate said the floor's resident assistant had warned Diaco "to stop before she was found out."

It's both a "Ha!"" and "Yikes, that resident assistant is going to go down!" if that last statement is true. Unless NYU has a "one strike and you're out" policy we don't know about. And Ask Gothamist pondered the ethics of eavesdropping on what roommates say on the phone.

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By Jen Chung in News on April 28, 2004 9:25 AM

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west side Michael

She has to come up with that huge tuition,right?

The bars on Union Sq.are getting expensive too but

oh.that's legal drugs.

unknown

ya'll are stupid as hell. hahaha 30 years. ya i kno whats goin on wit her. i talked to her for the first time the other day

Julia is a stuck up bitch

well she went to court and--

damn she is just going to rehab...if she were a poor minority she would have been in jail for at least 30 years...she sold to cops lyke 8 times...she should have gone to jail for 30 years

Julia is a stuck up bitch

well she went to court and--

damn she is just going to rehab...if she were a poor minority she would have been in jail for at least 30 years...she sold to cops lyke 8 times...she should have gone to jail for 30 years

jake

God Bless Julia....LEGALIZE IT

Melissa

Does anyone know what is going on with Julia now? Has there been any new developments in her case?

jen

to andy--

the reason is because most of the kids that are from those backgrounds have the cash for upfront costs.

jen

to andy--

the reason is because most of the kids that are from those backgrounds have the cash for upfront costs.

familyguy78

I was doing some family tree research and I come up with this? My regards to her family. If her family or friends read this please contact me. This is sad news to me.

rfh senior

most of u are pretty freakin dumb....first off, rfh is not really that much of a party skool compared to the skoolz round here....we are all sheltered motherf***ers. second of all, some reporters are really annoying with tryin to juice up the story by using names like bon jovi and springsteen. they dont matter unless she was selling to them!

Dick

What a moron, but a hot looking moron, i'd hit it.

Rich white kids are stupid dumb lol ;op

Resident from Rumson

When i found out this info i was really shoked because my family knows this family. I will go to RFH to and just because we have money doesnt meean anything.. so why all of these drungs

Yea

she's hawt

RFH

hey what i say, rfh is a party school. kids got no problems finding alcohol or drugs. we got $$

CSLAM

WE LOVE YOU JULIA D! NOW WHERE'S THE REST OF THAT STASH?

Resident

Being from the Rumson area I hate to say that I am not surprised, but going to school with the Diaco family I am surprised to hear the one of them would do this. I think the media is a little too soprano happy. Just because you are rich with an italian last name does not make you a mobster.

It would be silly to say that drugs have not affected high school/college aged teens. I have seen several people in our area with problems that do go unforseen, but I am sure that that occurs anywhere. I am just happy there is one less supplier out there to affect our area, and that she is safe... I only reminds me of what happened at the carnegie deli. That girl is dead.

Resident

Being from the Rumson area I hate to say that I am not surprised, but going to school with the Diaco family I am surprised to hear the one of them would do this. I think the media is a little too soprano happy. Just because you are rich with an italian last name does not make you a mobster.

It would be silly to say that drugs have not affected high school/college aged teens. I have seen several people in our area with problems that do go unforseen, but I am sure that that occurs anywhere. I am just happy there is one less supplier out there to affect our area, and that she is safe... I only reminds me of what happened at the carnegie deli. That girl is dead.

J

All i can say is this shit is crazy. I used to do gymnastics with her, god ddaamnn

Paul

Don't worry about jailtime for Julie -- she's white AND rich. Black teenagers are over 40 times more likely than white kids to serve jailtime on drug offenses.

Esther

Growing up, I was in the same grade as her older brother. I remember Julia a little bit. What I remember was a very cute and sweet young girl. I wasn't really close to anyone in their family, but they were always really nice people from what I saw. Being 18 and at your first year in college is life changing and can easily get out of control. It can happen to anyone, no matter where you come from or how much money you do or dont't have. I hope that Julia will get a second chance and that her and her family will get through this ok.