Police say a college student is on the run after narcotics agents found a stash of drugs and nearly $60,000 in cash at his home near the UA campus.
Kevin James Piccolo, 22, was reportedly attending a music festival in Colorado when agents tried to serve a search warrant at his home, according to court documents.
A confidential informant had told officers that Piccolo was part of a “large-scale drug trafficking, distribution and manufacturing ring near the University of Alabama campus,” according to papers filed by the Tuscaloosa County District Attorney’s Office.
Agents confiscated nearly five pounds of marijuana, LSD, DMT, MDMA, Ketamine and cocaine. Piccolo’s roommate told officers he was aware of drug transactions, but “didn’t know ‘El Chapo’ lived next door,” according to the documents filed by the district attorney’s office last week.
The narcotics agents contacted Piccolo by phone the day of the bust, but he hasn’t made good on his promise to return to Tuscaloosa and turn himself in the following week, police said Thursday. Tuscaloosa Police asked the public on Thursday for any information concerning the Waxman, North Carolina native’s whereabouts.
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