GALVESTON — Police were surprised when drug dogs alerted them to a Ball High School teacher's desk during a routine sweep of Galveston school district campuses, school police Chief LeeRoy Amador said Wednesday.
"We were caught completely off guard," said Amador, whose officers were searching Tuesday for drugs brought by students.
There were no drugs in the desk of Spanish teacher Stakely McConnell, 25, he said. The dog had detected the odor of marijuana on papers in McConnell's desk.
McConnell admitted to smoking marijuana over the weekend, Amador said. The marijuana was transferred to the papers in McConnell's desk through perspiration on his hands, Amador said.
He gave police permission to search his car after two dogs alerted them to it, and police found a half cigarette of marijuana in the ashtray, Amador said. The chief said there was no evidence or suspicion that McConnell involved students in his alleged drug use.
He was charged with possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor carrying a maximum fine of $4,000 and one year in jail. Because it was in a drug-free zone, the district attorney can increase the charge to a state jail felony with a maximum $10,000 fine
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knapplc wrote:This is so not shocking. All of my teachers seemed like they were under the influence of something or other in High School, and especially in college.
I think a pre-requisite to being a professor is being a former/current drug user.
A couple guys I knew in college who dabbled in some drug dealing told me once that my chemistry professor was a regular customer. After that, I couldn't help but laugh occasionally during lectures because he looked like Colonel Sanders and I kept picturing him with a blunt in his hand.
No shock at all...my hockey coach last season teaches chem at our school was at some concert couple weekends ago and offered by girlfriends freshman sister a bear. We have a teacher who hides in his closet all period and smokes and comes out when hes done aka end of the period. And not to mention one of my teachers was talking the other day about prom, cause we got these new Breathalyzers at the door so there was little drinking there and the teacher commented that the only person with known alcohol at the prom was a teacher.
aaawall91 wrote:No shock at all...my hockey coach last season teaches chem at our school was at some concert couple weekends ago and offered by girlfriends freshman sister a bear. We have a teacher who hides in his closet all period and smokes and comes out when hes done aka end of the period. And not to mention one of my teachers was talking the other day about prom, cause we got these new Breathalyzers at the door so there was little drinking there and the teacher commented that the only person with known alcohol at the prom was a teacher.
But any of this shocking? Not in the least.
Mighty generous... but why did he bring such a large animal to a concert?
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