Authorities said Monday former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro`s son, John A. Zaccaro Jr., supplied drugs to a majority of the cocaine users at exclusive Middlebury College.
”He was certainly the major dealer at the college,” said Sgt. David Wemette of the Middlebury Police Department. Wemette said a 10-page list of notes found in Zaccaro`s possession at the time of his arrest contained detailed information about the extent of his alleged drug dealing.
”There are a lot of people whose names have turned up on the notes,”
said Wemette. ”But at this point we don`t see any more arrests, although our investigation is continuing.”
Zaccaro, 22, was arrested Thursday after allegedly selling one-quarter of a gram of cocaine to an undercover agent.
Zaccaro pleaded innocent at his arraignment Friday to charges of possession of cocaine with intent to sell. He was released on his own recognizance and is due back in court March 24.
Wemette said most people named in Zaccaro`s papers are students. He did not disclose how many names are on the list.
Some students said Zaccaro, a senior at Middlebury College, was dubbed
”The Pharmacist” on campus, according to a Boston newspaper.
Wemette said there was evidence Zaccaro had been selling cocaine since 1982, long before his mother`s historic vice presidential candidacy. Police also indicated Zaccaro discontinued his business during the time he helped his mother campaign.
Police said Zaccaro was under investigation for several months before his arrest at the restaurant where he tends bar. Police said they seized $800 worth of cocaine, about $2,000 in cash and the papers in a search of Zaccaro`s car.
Zaccaro last spring was the object of a spoof in the college`s annual newspaper satire issue of Compost, according to the Boston Herald. The spoof was an ad comparing his mother`s endorsement of Pepsi-Cola to his alleged preference for cocaine.
The ad, which appeared April 1, 1985, read: ”Occasional Middlebury student John Zaccaro says `My mom may drink Pepsi, but I like COKE.”` The ad was accompanied by a photo of Zaccaro.
The Herald Monday quoted a source on the campus paper as saying the ad was drawn up by someone who knew Zaccaro and his alleged drug activities.
The Boston newspaper quoted an unidentified student as saying Zaccaro
”was moving too much (cocaine) and was too blatant.”
