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CONNECTICUT (WABC) — The dean of a prestigious school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan is charged with heroin possession.
Police say 35-year-old Nicholas deSpoelberch, of Darien, was arrested last week in Wilton, Connecticut.
Despoelberch is the dean of students at Regis High School.
He had heroin, prescription pills and drug paraphernalia on him at the time, according to authorities.
Police say they found deSpoelberch’s 2005 Nissan Altima parked in the middle of the road on Old Highway Road, a dead-end street, around 10 p.m. on July 11. Further examination found deSpoelbergh asleep in the front seat with the car turned off.
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