WAHPETON  (AP)  The vice-president of academic and student affairs at the state college of science in Wahpeton says school administrators were not told early on that a missing student was accused of dealing marijuana. 

A warrant has been issued for 20-year-old Andrew Sadek who’s been missing for more than a week.  Richland County Sheriff Larry Leshovsky says he only learned of the warrant a week ago, but the information was withheld. Sadek is accused of selling small amounts of marijuana to an undercover informant about a year ago.

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From Valley News Live, Fargo

During the course of the investigation into Andrew Sadek’s disappearaAndrew_Sadeknce, NDSCS campus police learned that warrants for Sadek’s arrest have been issued. The warrants were issued on Friday, May 9, after NDSCS began the investigation.

Court records out of Richland County show two incidents involving drugs on April 4 and April 9, 2013. Sadek was charged with Delivery within 1000 feet of a school. Police say Sadek delivered 2.22 grams of marijuana in a parking lot on the NDSCS campus in Wahpeton on April 4, 2013. Another delivery of 1.3 grams of marijuana was made on April 9, 2013 in the same parking lot. Sadek is also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.

Valley News Live has reached out to the Wahpeton Police Department, Richland County Sheriff’s Office and an area Drug Task Force but none were able to elaborate on why the warrant was issued now, more than a year later while Sadek is still missing. The Assistant State’s Attorney for Richland County tells Valley News Live the timing of the warrants, issued after the search for Sadek began, is coincidence.
After learning of the charges, and following consultation with Sadek’s parents and other law enforcement agencies, the NDSCS campus police department say they’ve focused the investigation on finding Andrew Sadek and on his safe return.

Sadek was reported missing by his roommates in the early morning hours of Thursday, May 1 and hasn’t been seen since. NDSCS police and Richland County have conducted several searches of area land and rivers, but have come up with no clues.

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According to WDAY TV, May 7, after almost a week, the search for NDSCS student Andrew Sadek has been suspended.  Search authorities met to talk about potential options going forward, and weren’t able to find one.

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WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – A search west of Wahpeton failed to turn up any signs of a missing North Dakota State College of Science student.

officials on Tuesday used a boat and a dog to search a stretch of the Wild Rice River but didn’t find any trace of 20-year-old Andrew Sadek.

The student from the town of Rogers left his dorm last Thursday and hasn’t been seen since. Officials have been searching since then, but campus Police Sgt. Steve Helgeson says authorities have found nothing to explain Sadek’s disappearance.

Andrew’s mother, Tammy Sadek says, the public is invited to attend a gathering to pray for the safe return of Andrew Sadek on Thursday night May 8, 2014, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Valley City at 7pm.

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WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – Officials searching for a student missing from the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton are focusing on an area south of the city.

Authorities are acting on a tip from a motorist who says he saw a young man walking on a road near Tyler, a town 8 miles south of Wahpeton.

Twenty-year-old Andrew Sadek, of Rogers, hasn’t been seen since last Thursday.

His parents traveled to Wahpeton on Monday. John and Tammy Sadek say there are no clues as to what might have happened to their son.

Sadek is 6 feet tall and 175 pounds, with curly brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, orange-and-black Nike tennis shoes and a hooded black-and-red sweatshirt with the word “football” on the front.

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WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) – Ground and air searches on Sunday failed to turn up any trace of a student missing from the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton.

Twenty-year-old Andrew Sadek, of Rogers, has not been seen since last Thursday, when he left Nordgaard Hall on campus about 2 a.m.

Dozens of people on Sunday combed the Red River area and other parts of the city while volunteer pilots searched from the air.

Police are asking the public to check outbuildings or other outlying areas for any items that might be connected to Sadek.

Sadek is 6 feet tall and 175 pounds, with curly brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, orange-and-black Nike tennis shoes and a hooded black-and-red sweatshirt with the word “football” on the front. He had a black and silver backpack.

Anyone with any information about Sadek or his whereabouts is asked to call the NDSCS campus police at (701) 671-2233.