Thursday, April 17, 2008

dude. do u need a bag?

OK...so, this principal confiscates a kid's cell phone...uses it to call one of his buddies ...and entraps him in a drug deal?!

This from the Boston Globe:

Principal lured drug suspect to arrest

CONCORD, N.H.—A Concord High student is fighting a suspension after being lured to an alleged drug deal by the principal of another school who was posing as the student's friend through text messages.

Police say Brady High School Principal Jean Barker arranged the alleged drug deal with 17-year-old John Huckins through text messages on a cell phone she had confiscated from one of Huckins' friends.

Police reports say Huckins began the exchange of text messages by asking his friend if he needed a bag. Barker suspected that meant marijuana, said yes, arranged for the student to come to Brady and called police.

Huckins is charged with possession of a controlled drug with intent to distribute. He was suspended from Concord High for 10 days after his arrest last month. But Concord school officials are also trying to suspend him for the rest of the year because they allege Huckins began the drug transaction on his cell phone while on Concord High property.

Barker is defending her decision to pose as a student to set up an alleged drug buy, saying Huckins' alleged willingness to bring drugs to Brady put her school at risk....

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