Crime, Government, Character, Education
A kindergarten teacher in Ankeny, Iowa, faces public intoxication and child endangerment charges after cops say they caught her pounding beers at school, according to the Des Moines Register. Jennifer Rich, 40, resigned from East Elementary School on Monday following the bizarre incident. She'd been with the district since 2001.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
A Suffolk woman arrested for distribution of heroin reportedly spent two months as an elementary school teacher while facing charges. A grand jury indicted Elizabeth Ferguson in September on two counts of distribution of heroin stemming back to a December 2013 incident, according to online court records.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
A teacher at Rose Warren Elementary School was arrested Wednesday on drug charges after allegedly selling marijuana to an undercover agent. According to court documents, Laura Droemer was with a woman named “Gabby” on June 25 when they allegedly sold drugs to an undercover police detective.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
A teacher in the Cherokee County School District and her husband are out on bond after they were charged with allowing teenagers to smoke marijuana in their home. Agents with Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad, or CMANS, on Tuesday arrested Canton residents Jeff Cantrell, 45, and Christine Cantrell, 40.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
Johnson County Sheriff's Deputies say while out on a nightly patrol they found Timothy Baldwin and Michael Peters parked, making meth at Thealka park. "On the dash of the vehicle was two bottles of what we call the shake and bake meth that you could still see the lithium strips floating around inside of it" says Deputy Clark... Johnson County School officials tell us Baldwin teaches Special Education at Central Elementary School.
Crime, Government, Guns, Education, Drugs
An elementary school teacher and three others have been arrested on drug charges after Montgomery County deputy constables raided a Porter apartment where they found drugs, guns and cash inside. Monica Quintero, 31, a first-grade teacher at Ridge Creek Elementary in the Humble Independent School District, was arrested on Tuesday after the Montgomery County Precinct 4 Constable's Office raided her apartment on Valley Ranch Crossing Drive.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
A man trusted to shape and mold the minds of Marietta students is behind bars tonight. Marietta Middle School teacher's aide and coach, Benjamin Mayer, was arrested Monday after deputies say he sold drugs to a confidential informant. Washington County Sheriff Larry Mincks says five Xanax pills were sold at Mayer's Tennis Center Drive apartment.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
A Monroe County teacher was arrested on Thursday for drug possession charges. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says Emily Pennington was pulled over for going 25 miles over the speed limit in a school zone, as well as a suspicion of DUI... After questioning, Pennington removed two hypodermic needles from her waist area and placed them on the hood of the cop car. She admitted to police that she used the needles prior to the traffic stop to ingest Opana pills.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
A teacher at Bulls Gap School who was allegedly found to be under the influence of drugs at school Friday, was scheduled for arraignment Monday on drug possession and public intoxication charges. Around 9 a.m. Friday, Bulls Gap School SRO (student resource officer) Natalee Hagood was informed by school administrators about a teacher they believed to be under the influence.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
A Dakota High School football coach has been arrested for allegedly drinking and driving and having prescription drugs that weren't prescribed to him, according to sources.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
Three times, officials say, an undercover sheriff's deputy bought drugs from Joye Jones, a physical education teacher at Lewis Elementary School. The first buy, at 12:15 p.m. on Aug. 26, was in the parking lot of a McDonald's restaurant 1.8 miles from the Temple Terrace school. Jones allegedly sold the deputy 45 hydrocodone pills for $1,000.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
A high school teacher in Texas who was arrested at school was reportedly found with recipes for date rape drug cocktails... Her arrest came after deputies executed a search warrant at her Woodlands apartment. According to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, deputies found more recipes, methamphetamine, marijuana, numerous prescription medications and Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate, a compound used in date rape drugs.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
State Police said a woman faces charges after they discovered she was growing marijuana and allowing her juvenile son to use the drug. Mary L. Messer, 47, was arrested on charges of child neglect creating the risk of injury, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and conspiracy to commit a felony, according to a news release from State Police. The school directory on West Virginia Department of Education's website lists Messer as a special education teacher at Scott High School.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
An Everett Meredith Middle School teacher was arrested last Friday in Dover and is now facing drug possession and theft charges, according to the Dover Police Department. David Grant Foulk, 53, of Smyrna, is a technology and career education teacher who has taught sixth and eighth graders in the Appoquinimink School District.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
A special education teacher at South Harrison High School has been arrested on felony drug charges. Kimberly Jo Pratt, 32, of Fairmont was apprehended by the Harrison County Street Crimes and Drug Unit on Wednesday and is charged with possession of Hydrocodone pills with intent to distribute.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
A seventh-grade teacher in Huron was arrested Thursday for possession of marijuana and "disseminating material harmful to minors," according to the South Dakota Attorney General's office. Thomas Mark Wendelgass, 30, a geography teacher in his second year with the Huron School District, is suspended with pay and barred from school grounds and any contact with students until the matter is resolved, the school district said.
Crime, Government, Character, Education
Wagoner police arrested a woman they said was intoxicated and not wearing any pants at Wagoner High School on Monday. The woman, Lorie Hill, was a newly hired teacher for Wagoner Public Schools. She was found by two other teachers in the classroom on the first day back at school for teachers.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
A popular University Place middle school teacher was arrested Thursday morning on charges of selling oxycodone and heroin. Brian Bennett was booked on two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
A first-grade teacher at Mittye P. Locke Elementary School in Elfers was arrested Sunday evening on drug-related charges. Laura Santoro, 32, couldn't stay in her lane as she drove on U.S. 19 near Nebraska Avenue just after 6 p.m., according to a Pinellas County Sheriff's report. A deputy pulled her over. Her eyes were bloodshot and watery, the report states, and she failed a field sobriety test. Inside her car, the deputy found a glass pipe with marijuana residue inside and other traces of marijuana in the car.
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A local elementary teacher is behind bars this weekend. Frederick Huffman, a teacher at Gilbert Elementary School in Mingo County was arrested Saturday night by Summer County Sheriff's Deputies. Huffman was picked up in a routine traffic stop on the Route 20 bypass near Hinton. He is being charged with felony possession of marijuana.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
A Foyil Public Schools teacher was released from custody Tuesday morning after spending four days in the Tulsa Jail on a felony drug complaint. The teacher, Sharon Comer, 53, was arrested during a traffic stop about 11:15 p.m. Friday, Sand Springs police said.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
A Hillsborough County middle school teacher was released from jail over the weekend after her arrest Saturday on charges including obstruction of justice, falsely reporting the commission of a crime and possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.
Crime, Government, Sex, Education
A West Jefferson Hills School District teacher facing drug charges has been suspended, the district superintendent said today. South Park police charged Scott Houck, 41, of South Park, on Sunday with conspiracy with intent to deliver, possession and prohibited acts.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
Authorities say Megan Stuart Boone sold two tablets of Adderall for $12 to an undercover police officer in a Walmart parking lot on Feb. 24, 2012. The former teacher "has been guilty of gross immorality or an act involving moral turpitude," the Florida Department of Education determined in an administrative complaint.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
A Bethlehem-Center special education teacher has been suspended with pay following what police said was a drug-related arrest. Police said Jacqueline Righetti, 45, was inside the car and appeared to be extremely nervous... Police said when they searched her SUV, they discovered two white pills, a snorting straw and a piece of paper with residue believed to be cocaine.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
Police in Northern California have arrested an elementary schoolteacher after she allegedly brought marijuana-laced food to an after-hours employee potluck dinner. Teresa Gilmete Badger, a 47-year-old teacher at Matthew Turner Elementary School in Benicia, was arrested Friday afternoon on suspicion of poisoning after a six-week-long investigation, said Lt. Frank Hartig of the Benicia Police Department.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
An Alachua County kindergarten teacher was arrested Thursday after police reported finding a pound of marijuana in her home. Abigail Jeanne Hawker, a 30-year-old teacher at Metcalfe Elementary School, and her husband, Eric Buigas, 27, refused to make a statement to police after the marijuana was found throughout several rooms of their home...
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
Authorities arrested local teacher Stefanie Courson, 42, and Michael Stucker, 43, Friday, after a month-long undercover operation focusing on the sale of drugs, according to a press release issued by the Lake Havasu City Police Department.
Crime, Government, Education, Drugs
A teacher at La Grulla High School was arrested Monday by the Starr County Sheriff’s Office at the high school campus, said a Sheriff’s Office investigator. Rene Solis was detained by Rio Grande City CISD police on two harassment warrants from the Starr County Sheriff’s Office, Lt. Carlos Delgado said Wednesday afternoon. He was also charged with the possession of a controlled substance, Delgado said.
