Aging Hippie's Narcotics Arrest Surprises Neighbors

Some Columbia University students are in mourning this week after cops nabbed one of the campus' more prominent dealers. Known to many there as simply "Bill," William Delp found himself in custody Monday when narcotics officers raided his West 107th Street apartment after the 49-year-old had attempted to sell drugs to undercover detectives. Delp, who describes himself on his MySpace page as "a composer, filmmaker, and political and social activist" and posts photos of himself singing "vocal duos" with snakes, faces drug charges related to possession and sale of LSD, Ecstasy, and marijuana. Now, it's not exactly a bombshell story when an aging hippie gets busted for drugs, but what may be the only surprise in this case is that Delp's neighbors were actually surprised. Said neighbor Jonathan Perez to the NY Daily News: "I'm totally shocked...He was always a pretty cool guy. He'd always give the peace sign." Yeah, that probably should have been your clue right there.

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By Jon Hill in News on June 12, 2009 2:59 PM

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r1b2

The whole giving a peace sign thing is tragic, no? Time to catch up with the rest of us, dude, bro, man.

Loulou

He got caught

What he did was illegal regardless so lets cut the sh!t and not defend what he did

BTW im not against any of it Im a firm supporter for el bud mmm but its illegal dont get caught lol thats how its played

Sounds like he got sloppy with it

Looks like a decent dude hope he gets out well

greeen

Bummer

JenChung'sStalker

I prefer to grow my own stuff.

hotstepper

buzz kill.

virgil

We can all sleep easier knowing this monster and his ruinous, addictive drugs are off the streets.

Hey, watch my drink, I'm going out for a smoke.

CR

Is he one of those guys who's unable to handle life after college so he just hangs around for years doing little jobs and here and there - basically going nowhere in life?

thefacts

And how far have you gone in life? Do you include posting on Gothamist on you resumé?

At least he provides a service. What service have you provided anyone?