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A Virginia Beach high school teacher was arrested Tuesday on multiple drug charges. According to James Cason with the Virginia Beach Police Department, 40-year-old Christopher James Brydge was arrested after police conducted a narcotics investigation at Tallwood High School.

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A Bellevue police officer assigned to Northgate Middle/High School notified parents Friday of an incident earlier this week in which a substitute teacher came to class allegedly high on heroin. Borough police arrested Christopher A. Chiappetta, 26, on Wednesday after they found him asleep at his desk shortly before noon and said they discovered he had been carrying heroin, which police believe he snorted during the planning period before the class.

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The South Plainfield Police Department arrested Michael A. Tudor of South Plainfield and charged him with distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of marijuana in excess of 50 grams and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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Authorities say a teacher was one of the suspects picked up in a major drug raid in Person County last week. Cristin Elliott Folgeman, 30, teaches the second grade at Falls Lake Academy, and she's been suspended with pay. Fogleman is accused of possessing and selling prescription pills out of her own home while her one year old son was home.

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A teacher at New Hanover High School who was arrested earlier this year on a drug possession charge has resigned from the district. Catherine Entrocaso, 29, who taught English at New Hanover High for a year, resigned from New Hanover County Schools on Oct. 21, said schools spokeswoman Valita Quattlebaum.

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A Chatham County middle school teacher was arrested on drug charges Thursday. Police said Ashley Nicole Dillon, 29, and Landon Scott Lucas, 23, were arrested when police served a drug search warrant at their home on Cassowary Lane.

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Polk County, Florida - A Haines City High School assistant football coach and two men have been arrested on drug trafficking charges. Chad Alexander, who is also a substitute teacher at the school, was arrested on Wednesday by a deputy with the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

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A veteran Paterson high school basketball coach and teacher's aide has been arrested on drug charges after allegedly injuring several police officers as he tried to flee, authorities said. Jimmie D. Smith, 41, of Paterson, was charged Wednesday night with drug offenses and assaulting several law enforcement officers after he was captured outside of a Home Depot on McClean Avenue in Paterson

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A woman who was arrested on drug charges earlier in the week, has been placed on administrative leave at the school where she was teaching. Kari Labello, 40, of Gallia County, was arrested Sunday in the 13000 block of River Road in Athens, Ohio. The Athens County Sheriff's Office says deputies were responding to a traffic complaint, when they found 13 pounds of marijuana in a garage.

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Concord Police arrested a former Concord School District teacher on a number of charges, alleging that she conspired with a prisoner and gang leader to get drugs into the New Hampshire State Prison on North State Street.

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Jennifer Krogman, 40, was arrested at her home last month after police received a report that the middle school teacher had packaged a "small amount" of methamphetamine to be shipped out of state, Redlands, Calif., police Lt. Travis Martinez told the Redlands Daily Facts. Krogman, who teaches dance, health and physical education teacher at Clement Middle School, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and being under the influence of a stimulant, according to police.

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A Cheboygan elementary school teacher was arrested after stealing prescriptions from co-workers. Former kindergarten teacher, Tammy Lafrinere, 31, was charged earlier this week.

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A Florida elementary school teacher was busted after deputies allegedly found a slew of drugs in the car she was in. Kimberlyn Witt, 48, was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to an arrest report obtained by HuffPost Crime.

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A Lake Mary Elementary School teacher was arrested Tuesday after Seminole County deputies found cocaine, amphetamine pills and marijuana in her purse and she told them she had more cocaine inside her bra, an arrest report shows. Kimberlyn "Kim" Witt, 48, who lives in Sanford, and Martyn Dennis, 61, who lives near Winter Park, were driving past a bus station in Fern Park when two deputies at the station smelled marijuana coming from the open windows, according to the report.

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A La Villa High School teacher was arrested on a charge of possession of crack cocaine, Harlingen police said Tuesday. Paul Jason Duke, 49, a resident of Harlingen, was charged with a state jail felony possession of a controlled substance.

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A substitute teacher for the City of Poughkeepsie High school is arrested after troopers said he was involved with the sale of oxycodone pills while working during regular school hours. According to troopers, these drug sales took place within 1,000 feet of the school. Troopers said Vincent Lynch, 26 of Wappingers Falls, was arrested Tuesday following an ongoing investigation.

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An Ed White Middle School teacher arrested on campus in January on drug and alcohol charges has resigned. Lewis David Gregory's name was on a human resources report approved by the Huntsville school board Friday morning. His resignation is effective Aug. 5. Gregory, 45, was arrested around 3 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26 in the Ed White parking lot and charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence and having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle. I

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A Bartlett teacher has been arrested for growing marijuana inside her home which was also filled with numerous guns. Christy Street is a teacher at Rivercrest Elementary School. Police raided her Memphis home where they found 21 guns, four marijuana plants, grow lamps, fertilizer, a surveillance system and more. Street is charged with growing a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possessing a firearm while committing or attempting to commit a felony.

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An East Texas chemistry teacher was arrested for selling meth at a junior high school parking lot. William Duncan, 43, of Linden is charged with manufacturing and delivery of a controlled substance.

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Brandon Cuffee, a Gaithersburg High School biology teacher known for his rap-teaching YouTube videos, was arrested last month on charges of possessing marijuana, resisting arrest and other charges. Gaithersburg Police said Cuffee had a “large quantity” of marijuana in the center console of his Dodge Durango, and smelled of alcohol and marijuana, when he was stopped for erratic driving on May 17.

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A Parkview Elementary School teacher was arrested Tuesday night after police found drugs in her vehicle. Bedford Police officers arrested 26-year-old Lindsey K. Endis, 26, of 2261 Vinegar Hill Rd., on charges of possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia, maintaining a common nuisance, possession of heroin with the intent to deal, possession of meth, two charges of possession of a schedule IV controlled substance and trafficking with an inmate. Endis is a first grade school teacher at Parkview Primary.

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A special education teacher who lives in Mahwah was arrested in Rockland County after allegedly driving while under the influence of drugs, according to a report on LoHud.com. Jill Blau, 40, was pulled over after police said she was driving a 1999 Infinity slowly Tuesday in the New City section of Clarkstown, N.Y. Police said they found drugs in the vehicle for which she didn't have a prescription and gave Blau a field sobriety test that she failed. Blau, who teaches at Link Elementary School in New City, was released without bail.

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The police have said 22-year-old Peters and 49-year-old Peggy Sinclair, an elementary school teacher currently on paid administrative leave, were pulled over for illegal passing in Canterbury on April 23... The police said they found the following drugs inside the vehicle: a partially burnt marijuana cigarette, a plastic
bag containing a white powder and rock substance believed to be cocaine, a plastic bag containing a large amount of marijuana and 30 bupropion pills in a women’s handbag.

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An English teacher at New Hanover High School has been suspended after she was arrested Thursday and charged with possession of a schedule II drug. According to New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office Spokesman Sgt. J.J. Brewer, 29-year-old Catherine Elizabeth Entrocaso was taken to the New Hanover County Detention Facility just after 11 p.m.

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Gilroy police launched an investigation into a former Hollister middle school teacher earlier this month and on Monday arrested him on felony sexual molestation charges. Robert William Lincoln, 50, lives in Capitola and was a teacher at Rancho San Justo Middle School in Hollister from August 2007 to June 2011. He was charged with committing lewd and lascivious acts on a child, and unlawful sex with a minor.

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Police arrested a Vacaville middle school teacher Thursday after drugs and a loaded gun were found in his vehicle while on school grounds. Someone notified Willis Jepson Middle School officials that 53-year-old Bobby Chambers, of Chico, had a loaded weapon and marijuana in his car.

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Wahiawa parents are in shock. A Leilehua High School teacher is now on unpaid leave. She’s in federal custody on charges relating to a drug operation. KHON2 has learned that Janice Fontes is a special education teacher who said she started to get involved with a drug ring back in January.

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OKLAHOMA CITY - A Piedmont Public Schools teacher accused of drug possession is no longer teaching, according to a student at the high school. Misti Bynum, 37, was arrested last week by Oklahoma City police on complaints of possession of a controlled dangerous substance and drug paraphernalia.

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Police have arrested an elementary-school teacher on drug-related charges. Kendrick D. Tolbert, 26, of Gardendale was arrested late last week on charges of second-degree possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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A Concord elementary school teacher has been placed on paid leave after being arrested on a drug charge. Peggy Sinclair, a 49-year-old teacher at Broken Ground Elementary School, was arrested during a traffic stop last week.

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A fifth-grade teacher at Broken Ground School in Concord was arrested and charged last week with possession of prescription drugs without a prescription, a Class A misdemeanor. The teacher, Peggy Sinclair, was put on leave from the school Monday, Superintendent Chris Rath said. Sinclair, 49, was in her car with Matthew Peters, 22, at the time of the arrest April 23. Peters was charged with possession of cocaine and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, the state police said.

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A Clay County teacher is facing charges after being caught with drugs. According to the Hillsborough County Police report, John Jennings was arrested in Tampa earlier this week with marijuana in his possession.

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Berkeley County Sheriff's Office Drug Enforcement Unit has made two arrests in a suspected methamphetamine lab on College Park Road. The arrests were made April 17, and included Summerville Elementary School fourth grade teacher Terri Wooten, 49. Wooten has been charged with trafficking meth, distribution near a school, possession of a schedule IV narcotic and possession of LSD.

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A former middle school teacher in Dougherty County is charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Thirty-year old Dontreal Williams was arrested by Albany Dougherty drug agents last night. Williams was sentenced just two weeks ago on a previous drug conviction.

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A West Orange resident and a physics teacher at New Providence High School was arrested for alleged possession of cocaine this past weekend while on Spring break in West Palm Beach, Fla. Louis Yontef, 28, was charged on April 11 in Boca Raton with bail set at $5,000, according to nj.com.

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A former National Football League wide receiver turned substitute teacher and Weeki Wachee High School coach was arrested this week on multiple drug and driving charges, according to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office. Ricky Feacher, 59, of Crystal River, faces charges of possession of marijuana, cocaine and drug paraphernalia, as well as fleeing law enforcement.

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A Nature Coast Technical High School biology teacher was arrested early Saturday after authorities discovered cocaine residue in a container during a traffic stop, according to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office. David Charles Liptak, 47, was pulled over shortly after 1:30 a.m. in the 4400 block of Commercial Way, north of Forest Oaks Boulevard.

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Polk deputies arrested teacher Donya Leigh-Anne Dennard in Haines City on drug charges Saturday night. The Sheriff's Office says the 36-year-old failed to stop at a sign at Shamrock Drive East and Highway 17 just after 9:00 p.m. Deputies say they smelled marijuana from inside the vehicle as they talked to Dennard. After searching her vehicle, they say they found three bags of cannabis with a weight of 19.8 grams.

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A Clark County school teacher has been suspended after district officials learned he was arrested on felony drug trafficking charges. The teacher, John Mannion, is no stranger to controversy. Action News first reported on Mannion four years ago when he was accused of stealing thousands of dollars in school donations while working as a teacher and football coach.

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A Muskogee Public Schools employee was arrested Wednesday after he was reportedly found with drugs and weapons in his vehicle while on school property.

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A sixth grade Maths teacher in Atlanta has been arrested for facilitating a drug deal that led to the death of an 18-year-old girl. According to local authorities, Emily Smith, a teacher who colleagues describe as 'smart and engaging', made phone calls and sent text messages on behalf of the victim relating to the sale of Methadone and Xanax the day before the teenager was found dead.

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A Headland Elementary School teacher has been arrested on drug charges. Cassandra "Sandi" Sue Scott, 41, of Rebecca Road in Headland, who is a fifth grade teacher, was arrested Thursday in Houston County on two felony counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (amphetamine and methamphetamine).

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A Lake County teacher was arrested after deputies busted late Saturday night a party at her home where kids were drinking alcohol and an intoxicated 15-year-old girl was found "passed out" in a bedroom closet, the sheriff's office reported today. Antonia Marino, a second-grade teacher at Pine Ridge Elementary in Clermont, initially refused to let deputies into the home on Chateau Circle, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office. The 43-year-old woman let them in after an hour and argued she came home to find 40 to 50 kids at her daughter's party and tried to throw them out, according to an arrest report. However, teen told deputies Marino had been at the home the entire time and didn't attempt to stop the serving of alcohol to minors, the sheriff's office reported.

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Police arrested a middle school teacher on Friday for allegedly providing drugs and alcohol to minors. An investigation into Ian Runciman, 38, began this week after a parent of a high school-aged teen told a school resource officer that his son visited Runciman’s apartment and was given marijuana and alcohol. Runciman teaches math at Granite Oaks Middle School.

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A Manchester art teacher has been arrested on criminal liability and child endangerment charges. Police arrested Lisa Tagalakis Fedor, 42, and Kristopher White, 21, on warrants stemming from a drug investigation. Police say their roommate Robert Doane, 26, was selling drugs out of the apartment he shared with Fedor and White.

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ORLANDO, Fla. - A Lake County elementary school teacher has been arrested on his third driving under the influence charge. Jason Gross, 37, a second grade teacher at Groveland Elementary School, was pulled over by Florida Highway Patrol on University Boulevard in Orlando after he did an illegal u-turn.

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A veteran Round Lake High School physical education teacher who claims to be a marijuana activist is due in court next month on drug-related and other charges, authorities said Thursday. Round Lake Police Chief Michael Gillette said the instructor, Gina Epps, was on her lunch break Jan. 29 when she was pulled over on a traffic stop and later charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, expired registration, failure to notify the secretary of state of an address change and an equipment violation.

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A Powell Middle School social studies teacher was arrested Sunday for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and refusing to submit to a breathalyzer test. Jesse T. Mockler, 36, of Spring Hill, has been employed with the school district since 2005, according to district officials, and he was arrested by Florida Highway Patrol in Brooksville.

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An Aspen man arrested in December on drug-possession and drunken-driving charges told a judge Monday that he regards the incident as a “life changing” moment. Bruce Johnson, 45, also said he plans to stay “clean and sober” and work on rebuilding the trust he had established as a community volunteer and teacher at Aspen Middle School.

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A schoolteacher found with LSD after a traffic stop in San Rafael pleaded guilty to a felony charge Monday in Marin Superior Court. Douglas Gray Haight, appearing before Judge James Chou, admitted to possession of LSD as well as a misdemeanor drunken driving charge, said prosecutor Chris Tarbell. The district attorney's office dismissed a charge of bringing LSD into the county jail.

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School officials in Huntsville say they've placed a physical education teacher on administrative leave following his arrest on alcohol and drug charges. Authorities say 45-year-old Lewis Gregory is charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence, and having an open container. Gregory is a physical education teacher at Ed White Middle School.

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A St. Lucie County High School teacher, accused of using drugs and drinking alcohol with a male student, has been arrested. The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office says 33-year-old Elizabeth M. Hatzidakis of Port St. Lucie is currently in jail and faces a bond hearing Friday if she can't raise $19,000 bail.

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Claudia Reaney, 49, a teacher at Buffalo Point Elementary School in Syracuse, was arrested Thursday for investigation of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia after police say they discovered heroin in her car and in her purse in her classroom.

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A Duval County teacher is being investigated after deputies in Clay County arrested him during a drug sting. James Richburg teaches seventh grade at James Weldon Johnson College Preparatory Middle School. "I thought this was going to be a safe environment for my kids and everything," said parent Tonya Griggs. Parents are downright mortified after learning a teacher at their children's school is facing multiple drug charges.

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Huntsville City School leaders told one of their middle school teachers to stay home. Police charged Lewis Gregory with several alcohol and drug-related charges over the weekend. The school superintendent learned of the arrest soon after Gregory was booked. The website for Ed White Middle School lists Gregory as a Boy’s Physical Education Teacher. The website for the Madison County Detention Center lists Gregory as a former inmate.

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A Swift Creek Elementary School teacher has been arrested after police found heroin in her possession on school grounds Monday. Jessica L. Young, 35, was arrested and charged with possession of controlled paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance. Police say Young had heroin and drug paraphernalia in the school building; police also found drug paraphernalia in Young's vehicle.

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A math teacher at Crestview High School has been charged with possession of a controlled substance and driving under the influence. The driver, 26-year-old Brittney Anna Bowman, had red, glassy eyes and was slurring her speech, the deputy noted in the arrest report. A strong odor of alcohol also was coming from the car. When Bowman stepped out of the car for field sobriety tests, she dropped a small plastic baggy of white powder, the report said.

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A Charlestown, Indiana middle school teacher has been arrested on drug charges. The teacher, Kevin Hennegan, has been suspended with pay as the investigation continues. Hennegan is 56 years old and has taught at Charlestown Middle School since the 90s. He is facing three drug charges, including one felony. Those who know Hennegan are very surprised by his arrest.

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In a statement on its website Sunday, the Kingston school district said a Kingston High School teacher has been placed on administrative leave with pay after being arrested on drug charges. The district, without identifying the teacher, said it “has been informed by law enforcement personnel that a Kingston High School teacher has been arrested on multiple drug charges.

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A young Spanish teacher was caught with marijuana and a smoking pipe on school grounds. 26-year-old Krystal Maldonado-Alers was arrested and charged with two counts of possession. "It is very rare to catch a teacher in this type of situation," said Echols Co. Sheriff Randy Courson. She was caught in a routine school search Friday by the Sheriff's Department using drug sniffing dogs. But the searches are intended to catch students. Sheriff Courson says they never expected to catch a teacher.

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East Aurora school officials expressed shock Wednesday at the arrest of a high school teacher on drug charges and said they had been unaware of at least one of his previous brushes with the law. District officials said they did not learn of the arrest of Ryan J. Ellis, a technology teacher and golf coach, until Tuesday afternoon, more than 18 hours after police stopped his car at Goodyear Avenue and East Ferry Street on Buffalo’s East Side and allegedly found a small amount of crack cocaine.

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A teacher in Steuben County has resigned after being arrested on drug charges. Back in July, Corning Police say they got a call about someone asking a local pharmacy employee to steal narcotics in exchange for money. Heather Darcangelo, an English teacher in the Corning-Painted Post School District, was arrested and charged with attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance.

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Buffalo Police say a southtowns teacher is facing a drug charge following a routine traffic stop Monday night. Spokesperson Mike DeGeorge says Ryan Ellis, 36, was pulled over on the city's east side around 8 P.M. allegedly in possession of a quantity of crack cocaine. DeGeorge says Ellis is a teacher in the East Aurora School district.

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Freedom Area School District officials planted a hidden camera in the office of a high school health and physical education teacher to catch him snorting crushed pills and giving a student a pill to inhale, New Sewickley police said Tuesday.

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Police say a hidden camera caught a western Pennsylvania high school teacher doing drugs in his office and offering them to a student. Authorities say they received a complaint about 41-year-old James C. Summers earlier this month, and then installed a hidden camera in the physical education teacher's office at Freedom Area High School... The video allegedly showed Summers, of Darlington, crushing and inhaling a pill, and preparing a crushed pill for a student.

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A Lynn English High School teacher is facing charges after allegedly providing a high school student with marijuana during the school day on Tuesday. Charles Saltzman, 50, was arraigned today in Lynn District Court on charges of distributing a Class D substance (marijuana) and a drug school zone violation, said Carrie Kimball Monahan, spokeswoman for Essex County District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett.

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A Maynard High School teacher’s aide was arrested Monday on charges related to providing marijuana and alcohol to minors, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone informed the public just after 8 p.m. on Monday. Jennifer Olsen, 41, of Maynard, a teacher’s aide at Maynard High School, was arrested Monday on a warrant by Maynard Police and charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, distribution of marijuana, drug violation in a school zone (two counts), and procuring alcohol for a minor (four counts).

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A Miami-Dade teacher and three others in Homestead have been arrested on gambling and drug charges, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced on Tuesday. Law enforcement had received complaints of illegal gambling and drug sales at TNT Barber Shop, 27389 S. Dixie Hwy. The owner of the barbershop is Paul Lanier, 40. He also teaches P.E. at South Dade Senior High, according to the school directory.

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A former Scarsdale High School dean who fed a cocaine and hooker habit, even as he taught kids about the dangers of drugs, was snared Tuesday when cops busted a multimillion-dollar prostitution ring, police said. The takedown also included employees of Chelsea-based Somad Advertising, which placed ads to vigorously promote the hooker ring, officials said. Despite that apparent business savvy, the details of ring’s operations were tawdry —— two human-trafficking victims were rescued Tuesday morning, officials said, and pimps took nearly all the money paid to the women in some cases.

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A Lubbock High School teacher has been arrested for possession of Marijuana in his home. Alejos Anaya was arrested Wednesday night for possession of the drug at his home after Lubbock Police received a tip. He was charged for possession of less than two ounces of marijuana at his home, which was within 1000 feet of a school.

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An Imperial Middle School P. E. teacher has been arrested for being in possession of a controlled substance. Dan Romeo was arrested by Imperial police Sunday around 2 a.m. after someone called in a suspicious vehicle parked near a canal in the area of La Brucherie and Threshill Roads.

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A Gulf County teacher is facing charges for her alleged behavior with students. Gulf County sheriff's investigators say she gave alcohol to two students earlier this month. According to Gulf County sheriff's deputies, 30 year old Denise Ethridge is charged with providing alcohol to a person under 21 and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

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A teacher’s aide at Maynard High School was arrested Monday for providing marijuana and alcohol to minors on several occasions, according to District Attorney Gerry Leone’s office. Jennifer Olsen, 41, of Maynard was charged on four counts of procuring alcohol for a minor and two counts of drug violation in a school zone among other charges, Leone’s office said in a statement.

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CAMILLA, GA - Camilla Police say 30 year-old Dontreal Williams was arrested during a traffic stop Saturday evening. Officials say Williams, who teaches 7th grade science at Dougherty Middle, is charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of a drug related object.

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LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - LISD has placed Alejos Anaya on administrative leave Friday after being arrested for having marijuana at his home on Wednesday.

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An Imperial High School teacher has been arrested in connection with the felony possession of a controlled substance, authorities said. Dan Romeo, who a district official stated works with the high school's athletic department, was arrested by Imperial police at 2 a.m. Oct. 28.

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MEDINA, Tenn. - Five people have been arrested in a meth bust - one of them a teacher and coach at South Side High School in Jackson. On Wednesday night, Drug Task Force agents in Gibson County arrested the group, who were living in the teacher's home, which sits very close to Medina Middle School.

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Police say they were called to Plaza Middle School Thursday morning about a suspect who was intoxicated. When they arrived, they discovered it was a French teacher at the school. They said the teacher came to school and fell in the hallway. She did not require medical attention police say, and she did not have contact with any of her students at the time. The suspect is identified as Jessica S. Snyder, 28, of the 1000 block of Josephine Crescent, Virginia Beach. She was charged with public intoxication and released on a bond.

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A teacher at Hercules Middle School was placed under arrest Wednesday morning after being accused of bringing drugs onto the school campus.

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BOLIVAR, Tenn.- Police have arrested and charged Bolivar Central High School Teacher, Braden Kessler, with driving under the influence, marijuana possession, and intent to distribute Xanex. The charges have Bolivar parents concerned. "He should no longer be a teacher anywhere, in my opinon," said Melissa Russell, a Bolivar parent.

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A school bus driver was arrested and faces criminal charges Monday for driving while ability impaired, after he allegedly crashed a school bus while on a field trip with a busload of middle schoolers, Suffolk County police said. Sommer is the third school bus driver to be arrested for DWI this month on Long Island. His arrest comes just one week after Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice and State Senator Charles Fuschillo held a press conference urging lawmakers to pass legislation requiring school buses to be equipped with ignition interlock devices.

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An H.L. Watkins Middle School teacher was arrested on drug charges Tuesday after an officer saw a small bag containing a white residue fall out of her pocket and the residue in and around her nostrils, according to an arrest report. Celestine Jones Baker, 52, was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail at 2:33 p.m. Tuesday on charges of possession of cocaine and possession of drug equipment.

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DARRINGTON, Wash. (AP) — The embattled superintendent of the Darrington School District has agreed to resign, a year and a half after another school manager died of a cocaine overdose in his house. Parents called for Johnson's firing after district after finance manager Myra Lewis collapsed of a cocaine overdose in Johnson's home in October 2010. She died soon afterward at an Everett hospital. Police cleared him of wrongdoing, though it was revealed Johnson was having an affair with Lewis.

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The superintendent of a school district in Wyoming County says one of his teachers has been charged with a felony under Leandra's Law. Attica Central School superintendent Bryce Thompson tells us Colleen Hodge is on paid leave after she was arrested for violating Leandra's Law, which makes a DWI charge a felony if children are in the car.

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An assistant baseball coach from John F. Kennedy High School (map) was arrested Monday on suspicion that he smoked marijuana with half a dozen teenaged students before and after an outing to Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Police officials said. Pedro Cruz Trujillo, 24, of Los Angeles, was booked on six counts of child endangerment Monday, a month after a staff member at the school overheard students talking about the incident and notified police.

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A Miami-Dade County Public Schools teacher was arrested after police say she burglarized a home and possessed drugs. Reina Marta Herrera, 32, was arrested Tuesday and faces charges including burglary, grand theft, heroin possession and criminal mischief. She remains in the Women’s Detention Center held on $23,000 bond.

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A[n] Akron high school teacher was arrested after a traffic stop during which, police say, he was drunk and armed with a loaded gun. Theodore N. Rubin, 41, of 1515 40th St. NW in Canton, was arrested at 11:52 p.m. Thursday at Dressler Road and Munson Avenue NW, Stark County Jail records said.

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A Pickens County middle school teacher and the district's School-to-work facilitator at central services were arrested for selling marijuana. On Friday evening the Easley Police Department executed a searched warrant at a home on Roper Street. Police say the investigation had taken place over the last few weeks. Kimberly Dawn Anthony and Daniel John Fahey were both arrested and charged with multiple counts of distributing marijuana near a school.

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A Raleigh high school principal was arrested for DWI over the weekend. It is not the first time he has been accused of drunk driving. Saturday night, Raleigh police caught a man speeding near Glenwood and Wade Avenues. Soon after, they pulled over Michael Talley, principal ofMillbrook High School.

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SPRINGTOWN, Texas (AP) — A North Texas teacher was arrested this week after she admitted to authorities that she had been using methamphetamine in the mornings before class for about seven years, police said. Vickie Bruce, 46, has been charged with possession of a controlled substance in a drug-free zone.

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A Treasure Coast teacher was arrested Tuesday after he bought marijuana from an undercover officer in Indian River County, according to a newly released arrest affidavit.

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CLARK COUNTY, MO. -- For the second time this year a teacher in the Scotland County School District has been arrested on felony charges. According to Clark County Sheriff Paul Gaudette, Cheyenne Pinson, 30, of Wyaconda, is charged with felony counts of possession of a controlled substance and endangering the welfare of a child.

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RENO, Texas - A Reno Elementary school teacher was arrested after she allegedly brought meth to the school. Vicki Bruce, 46, turned herself into police Thursday and was released on bail Friday morning. Bruce teaches third grade at the elementary, located in the Springtown Independent School District in Parker County. She has worked at the school for about 10 years.

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There is no evidence that suggests a Bedford High School teacher facing drug charges was taking drugs into the school, Toledo police said. Sara Thierry, 38, of 5910 Berkey Southern Rd., Whitehouse, who teaches Spanish, was released from the Lucas County jail Wednesday after posting $2,500 bond. She is charged with trafficking in drugs, illegal manufacturing of drugs, possession of drugs, and tampering with evidence, all related to the massive mushroom-growing operation first discovered Sept. 16 at an East Toledo home.

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Officials say they've fired a San Diego bus driver who brought marijuana-laced brownies to work, but the drivers who unwittingly ate the brownies are returning to work. Metropolitan Transit System spokesman Rob Schupp says 57-year-old Ku'uipoaloha Lawler was fired after a hearing. Lawler previously said he also didn't know the brownies contained pot.

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A Franklin teacher was indicted Friday by the Warren County Grand Jury for aggravated possession of drugs, according to an indictment list released by the prosecutor’s office. Patrice Clark-Elliott, 34, of the 2400 block of Bendel Drive in Middletown, allegedly possessed and trafficked Oxycodone pills, a schedule II drug, when she was arrested by Middletown police in early August. Possession of drugs is a third-degree felony and is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

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A Santa Clara elementary school principal who was arrested on drug charges last week was arraigned on five felonies and a misdemeanor Monday afternoon. Eric Dean Lewis, 42, principal of Montague Elementary School, was arrested around 4 p.m. Thursday at the San Francisco Caltrain station at Fourth and King streets after he allegedly offered to provide drugs to an undercover officer who had contacted him through www.adam4adam.com, an online dating site for gay men, Deputy District Attorney Daniel Rothbach said Monday.

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A Deer Valley elementary school teacher was arrested Sept. 13 for allegedly selling marijuana, police said. Phoenix Police Officer James Holmes said Bobbi Jo Grunert, her husband James Grunert, and Heather Kallipolitis were selling the marijuana out of a north Phoenix office owned under a false landscaping company and online.

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A Springdale School District teacher was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of growing marijuana plants in his backyard. Michael Perez-Guerra, 30, was arrest in connection with manufacturing marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance.

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LINDEN, TX (KSLA) - Linden Police arrested a junior high school teacher Tuesday after they say he was selling methamphetamine in the parking lot of the school where he taught. Arrested in connection with the incident was William Duncan, who was charged with delivery of a controlled substance in a drug-free zone. Duncan has bonded out of jail, says Police Chief Alton McWaters.

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A Schuylkill County middle school principal who lives in Mohrsville was arrested on drunken driving and related charges in Leesport, according to court records available Saturday. James S. McGonigle, 44, principal of Blue Mountain Middle School, Orwigsburg, had a blood-alcohol content of at least 0.16 percent when he was stopped by police Aug. 30 at 8:18 p.m. along Route 61, police said. The legal limit in Pennsylvania is 0.08 percent.

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A teacher assistant with the Johnston County school system is accused of selling heroin at a high school campus. Winston Antonio Evans, 29, of Smithfield, was arrested Tuesday night following an indictment by a federal grand jury. Evans faces four counts of distributing heroin, one count of distributing heroin within 1000 feet of a school, and one count of possession of a gun during a drug trafficking crime.

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Jenkins County special education teacher Kimberly Norris is expected to make a 1:00 p.m. court appearance Wednesday afternoon in front of a state court judge. Norris was stenced to serve a month in jail in August after failing a drug test back in early August. In February, Norris was arrested on charges of DUI, marijuana possession, and obstruction of a law enforcement officer.

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A Virginia substitute teacher was booted from the first day of school for arriving to work drunk, officials said. Jaqueline Barnes, of Aldie, was visibly blotto when she showed up at Stone Hill Middle School at 9 a.m. last Monday, school officials said. "Staff noticed some unusual behavior on the way into school," Loudon County schools spokesman Wayde Byard told the Loudon Times. "They took her immediately to the office. She was never exposed to students and she was never in a classroom." She was arrested and charged with being drunk in public, local cops said.

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A Franklin schools teacher who was arrested for possession of drugs earlier this month has been placed on paid administrative leave, according to the district’s superintendent. Superintendent Arnol Elam said Monday that Patrise Elliott, who has been with the district for 10 years, was placed on leave pursuant to state law.

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Police arrested a Long Island school teacher who allegedly returned to a bar he had been asked to leave and then became belligerent with officers who tried to take him into custody. Authorities say police got a call from the Triangle Pub on Old Montauk Highway in Eastport just before 11:30 p.m. Tuesday reporting a patron, Jay Condrill, 47, who was asked to leave because he was allegedly acting disorderly.

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A Houston-area teacher was arrested Tuesday in Louisiana where deputies say they found 53 pounds of marijuana in two duffel bags in her car. Percy Melton, a teacher at Elsik High School in Alief, has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation, according to a report on KHOU (Channel 11).

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A Tallahassee school teacher is arrested for Driving under the influence and smoking marijuana in her car. Court records show this is the third time the elementary school teacher has been arrested for drinking and driving. A spokesperson for Leon County Schools confirms that Jacqueline Bartlett was a 4th grade teacher here at Ruediger Elementary and has been teaching in Leon County for nearly 30 years.

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ONAWA, Iowa --- An Onawa, Iowa, elementary school teacher faces marijuana and methamphetamine charges, according to court documents. Karen Kay Bartelson, 43, of Blencoe, Iowa, has been charged with possession of marijuana, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. All are misdemeanors.

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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A Jefferson County Public School teacher is facing serious charges after a crash during the weekend. Christopher Purcell was arrested Saturday morning and bonded out of Metro Corrections after only being there a few hours. He is charged with manslaughter and DUI. WAVE 3 has also learned that Purcell is a long time teacher with JCPS at Iroquois High School.

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Carl Hudson Jr., the principal of Flushing High School, may not have a job to return to in September, and it may not be because of Mayor Bloomberg’s high school “turnaround” plan. Hudson, 33, was arrested on Tuesday night around 8:35 p.m. after cops allegedly found a small bag of methamphetamine in his car during a traffic stop at 141-54 Northern Blvd. near the intersection with Parsons Blvd., only one block from the campus of Flushing High School.

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A Southern Indiana teacher arrested for allegedly hosting a party where dozens of teens drank alcohol will get to keep her job. On the last Saturday night in May, sheriff's deputies say Laura and John Mahuron of Salem hosted a graduation party attended by more than three dozen teenagers. According to deputies, most who were there were drinking. A report says 23 children, a dozen under 18, were drinking alcohol. One boy was taken to the hospital after repeatedly falling down and vomiting. 47-year-old Laura Mahuron and her husband were charged with contributing to the delinquency of minors.

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SILVER CITY — A local high school teacher was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence after crashing into two houses and two parked cars on Juniper Avenue and 26th Street last week.

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An Onslow County school teacher has been charged with giving alcohol to teenagers during a New Year’s Eve party at her home and other times last year. Diane Mennig, 52, a teacher at Morton Elementary, was charged late Tuesday by N.C. Alcohol Law Enforcement with three counts each of giving malt beverages to persons under 21, giving liquor to persons under 21 and overage aiding and abetting an underage person in the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages.

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Corning, N.Y. — A Corning-Painted Post high school teacher is behind bars for allegedly asking a local pharmacy employee to steal narcotic drugs. Heather C. Darcangelo, 38, of Cutler Ave., Corning, was charged Thursday with fourth-degree attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class D felony. She was arraigned in Corning Town Court and sent to Steuben County Jail on $10,000 cash bail.

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MURFREESBORO — Siegel High boys basketball coach Ben Dotson was arrested for DUI and refusing to take a blood alcohol test early Sunday morning. Dotson has led Siegel to two state tournament appearances in three seasons as head coach. He declined comment to The Daily News Journal when reached by phone Tuesday morning. Dotson, 41, was found at fault in a car crash at 12:15 a.m. Sunday on Hwy. 231 North in front of the V.A. Golf Course, according to a Murfreesboro Police arrest report.

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SCHENECTADY -- A teacher's aide was arrested after an alleged drug sale/purchase in the City's Hamilton Hill neighborhood. 33-year-old Rozelle Tolbert was arrested and charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child and Unlawful Possession of Marijuana. Tolbert allegedly purchased marijuana from 27-year-old Marcus Young. Police said that Tolbert had a 3-year-old toddler in the vehicle during the exchange. Young was charged with Criminal Sale of Marijuana and Unlawful Possession of Marijuana. Tolbert and Young are in Schenectady City Jail awaiting arraignment. Child Protective Services was notified.

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(CNN) -- A central Florida elementary school principal has been arrested on drug charges after a sting operation, authorities said Saturday. David Groover, 43, was arrested Friday after deputies searched his St. Cloud, Florida home, uncovering methamphetamine, marijuana, GHB and drug paraphernalia, according to an Osceola County Sheriff's office statement. The principal at Partin Settlement Elementary School allegedly provided an undercover agent with drugs, including methamphetamine, authorities said.

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EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. -- A former Basalt High School teacher, who is awaiting sentencing for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, has been arrested again after a rowdy party at a Utah recreation area involving gunfire, alcohol and hallucinogenic mushrooms, authorities said. Lauren Redfern, 26, was arrested on violation of bond conditions charge Friday by the Eagle County Sheriff's Office.

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A Fairfax County high school teacher and former sports coach was arrested Wednesday on charges of possessing and intent to distribute steroids, police said. Jeffery Reagan, 43, had served as an assistant high school football and track coach at the South County Secondary School in Lorton and was recently being considered for a football coaching position at West Springfield Secondary School, police and school officials said. Reagan also taught at Mountain View Alternative Learning Center.

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Vick was a Wichita middle school teacher when he was arrested in 1997 as a suspected middleman in drug deals. He accepted a plea agreement the next year and was sentenced to three years in prison. Since leaving prison he has taught at a Missouri charter school but was fired for posting a recording on YouTube of his students chanting praise of Barack Obama.

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A male teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School was arrested Friday on a charge of providing the drug Xanax to a female student as she visited him at his apartment. Adam Jones, a science teacher who turned 40 in March, admitted to police he had texted sexual messages to the female student, who is 18, according to the arrest affidavit.

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State Police Sgt. Andy Perdue said Monday that traces of the drug were found in the ducts, principal's office, hallways and bathrooms of the Boone County Career and Technical Center. Perdue says the teacher admitted he smoked meth with the principal in the principal's office.

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When the Prestonsburg police chief went on a routine lunch break at Pizza Hut Friday afternoon, he says he spotted someone acting unusual. "We noticed a lady at the counter that seemed to be unsteady, swaying back and forth," said Police Chief Mike Ormerod. That woman was South Floyd Middle School special education teacher Michelle Hall, and police say she appeared to be under the influence of drugs. "She pretty much got the attention of most of the people that were in Pizza Hut at that time," said Ormerod.

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A Maricopa High School teacher was arrested May 15 in Maricopa County for marijuana possession and use and drug paraphernalia possession and use. Charles Allman, a 33-year-old social studies teacher, has not been employed by the Maricopa Unified School District since May 15, Human Resources Director Tom Beckett said this week.

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DOTHAN, Ala. -- Officials say a south Alabama high school science teacher will likely lose his job following his arrest on drug and moonshine charges. Houston County sheriff's deputies say 32-year-old Jason Allen Andrews was arrested after being pulled over Tuesday. The Dothan Eagle ( http://bit.ly/LMtnPG) reports that the stop and a search of his home turned up methamphetamine, a prescription drug and moonshine.

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A choir teacher at Newberg High School was arrested Monday afternoon on accusations that he gave alcohol to a minor, who is also a former student. Jason Wayne Lemus Taylor, 29, was taken into custody at the high school, where he teaches at Yellow School, one of four small schools that comprise Newberg High School. Taylor, who has taught at the school since 2008, has been placed on paid administrative leave, according to Superintendent Paula Radich. Taylor was booked and released on $6,250 bail, according to Newberg-Dundee police.

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TAMPA (FOX 13) - A Hillsborough County high school teacher has been arrested and charged with trafficking prescription painkillers. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office website, 30-year-old Lamonte Hambrick was arrested Tuesday night. He is charged with trafficking hydrocodone and grand theft.

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CLAREMORE, Okla. - A Green Country teacher was arrested this week for being under the influence while at school. Sherri Lee Fernandez, a Will Rogers Junior High School teacher, was arrested Monday on campus for public intoxication.

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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -

A Charlotte County elementary school teacher and her husband have been arrested in a marijuana grow house operation. Deidra Michelle Hanna and Paul Shane Hanna were arrested Sunday at their home in Port Charlotte. They face several charges including cultivation of marijuana and tampering with evidence. They're being held on $9,500 bond each.