Former Dining Hall Manager Asks Judge To Exclude Evidence

Angelo Dalla Santa, a former Harvard dining hall manager accused of trafficking 300 pounds of marijuana worth $500,000, asked a Middlesex Superior Court judge yesterday to exclude some evidence from his trial.

“The defense has filed a motion to suppress some of the evidence in that case,” said Emily J. LaGrassa, a spokesperson for the Middlesex County district attorney’s office.

A hearing on the motion is scheduled for Nov. 19.

The district attorney’s office declined to comment further on the case. Dalla Santa and his lawyer, Alan D. Tuttman, did not return phone calls yesterday.

The former Lowell and Winthrop House Dining Hall manager was indicted Jan. 24 on two drug counts—each carrying a minimum sentence of five years and a maximum sentence of 15 years.

Dalla Santa, who pleaded not guilty to both counts, is no longer a University employee. Harvard University Dining Services named a new manager in Lowell and Winthrop last May.

—Staff writer Amit R. Paley can be reached at paley@fas.harvard.edu.