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High School Teacher Arrested On Meth Charge
Police Investigating Whether Drug Was Sold At School
POSTED: 2:44 pm MST February 9, 2005
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. -- A Wyoming high school teacher was arrested at her school after police allegedly found drugs at her home and in her purse at school.
Karen Coffee Echols, 51, of Rock Springs was charged Monday with felony drug possession and released on $30,000 bond.
Echols did not have a listed phone number and could not be reached for comment by The Associated Press.
Police said a school janitor found what was thought to be methamphetamine inside a school bathroom at Independence High School, the city's alternative school, during a time when Echols was the only other person in the building. Echols also teaches at Rock Springs High School.
Officers reported finding several pipes with what appeared to be burned methamphetamine at Echols' home.
Police said they confronted Echols at Independence, where they found pipes and methamphetamine in her purse.
Detective Tim Robinson said the drugs were individually bagged, as if for sale, and that police were investigating whether Echols might have sold drugs at the school.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/education/4181754/detail.html
High School Teacher Arrested On Meth Charge
Police Investigating Whether Drug Was Sold At School
POSTED: 2:44 pm MST February 9, 2005
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. -- A Wyoming high school teacher was arrested at her school after police allegedly found drugs at her home and in her purse at school.
Karen Coffee Echols, 51, of Rock Springs was charged Monday with felony drug possession and released on $30,000 bond.
Echols did not have a listed phone number and could not be reached for comment by The Associated Press.
Police said a school janitor found what was thought to be methamphetamine inside a school bathroom at Independence High School, the city's alternative school, during a time when Echols was the only other person in the building. Echols also teaches at Rock Springs High School.
Officers reported finding several pipes with what appeared to be burned methamphetamine at Echols' home.
Police said they confronted Echols at Independence, where they found pipes and methamphetamine in her purse.
Detective Tim Robinson said the drugs were individually bagged, as if for sale, and that police were investigating whether Echols might have sold drugs at the school.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/education/4181754/detail.html
