By Nate Reens | The Grand Rapids Press
November 17, 2009, 12:24PM
OTTAWA COUNTY — Conor Bardallis, the roommate of a Grand Valley State University student shot during a drug raid at their off-campus apartment, will face up to four years in prison after pleading guilty this week to selling marijuana to an undercover cop.
Bardallis, 22, sold about three grams of marijuana to an officer on March 11, hours before a regional drug enforcement team entered the apartment and Ottawa County sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Huizenga shot Derek Copp.
Copp, 21, was shot once in the chest when officers knocked at his glass sliding door and he raised his hands to block a flashlight shining in his face. Huizenga, authorities said, had his finger incorrectly placed on his handgun and accidentally pulled the trigger despite the lack of aggressive behavior by Copp.
The 12-year veteran officer pleaded guilty to recklessly discharge of a firearm. Huizenga was placed on probation and allowed to keep his job.
