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School Teacher Convicted of Pot Possession Ordered
Posted by FoM on January 07, 2000 at 15:40:41 PT
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Source: Startribune
Merrill, Wis. A former elementary school teacher convicted of possessing marijuana must write a letter to his former students explaining the consequences of the incident and serve 10 days in jail, a judge ruled. Michael Meteyard, 24, was arrested when someone found a marijuana smoking pipe on the ground next to his car in the Jefferson Elementary School parking lot and an investigation found less than gram of marijuana in a plastic bag in his car, court records said. 
Meteyard resigned from his job as a fourth-grade teacher after he was arrested Dec. 1. As part of a plea agreement reached Thursday, Meteyard pleaded guilty to misdemeanor marijuana possession, and a charge of possessing drug paraphernalia was dropped, prosecutors said. Lincoln County Circuit Judge Glenn Hartley ordered Meteyard to work through the teacher that replaced him and write a letter to the former students " informing them what this incident has cost him." But Jefferson Elementary Principal Ann Schultz said Friday that school officials will determine what happens with the letter. " It depends on the contents as to whether the children ever see that letter, " she Schultz said. " We went through a really difficult time that day he was arrested and he did not come back to school. It was a very difficult time for the kids." Meteyard had 26 students in his class, and they had been involved in anti-drug programs, the principal said. " Some were very sad. Some were very angry." Hartley also fined Meteyard $500 and revoked his driving privileges for six months. The former teacher is to begin serving his jail sentence, with work privileges, Jan. 11, the judge said. Published: January 7, 2000© Copyright 2000Copyright 2000 Associated Press
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Comment #2 posted by Tim Stone on January 07, 2000 at 16:43:25 PT
Set up?
This sounds a little fishy. "Someone" just "found" a dope pipe next to the teacher's car. The article give no info on whether the pipe was ever actually linked to the teacher. I wonder if maybe somebody with a grudge against the teacher, somebody who knew the teacher smoked weed during off-hours, decided to set up the teacher. Get a dope pipe, drop it next to the teacher's car and wait for the pipe to be discovered. Once discovered, that's likely probable cause to search the teacher's car, where trace weed is found. Perhaps it's barely possible that the teacher was careless enough to drop a dope pipe when getting out of his car, but that just strains belief. Note that the paraphenalia charge was dropped, perhaps for lack of evidence?And of course as for the letter the teacher is obliged to write about the "consequences," they are all due not to any pharmacological quality of cannabis, but solely to the substance being illegal and ruthlessly persecuted.The usual prohibitionist tripe.
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Comment #1 posted by Ken on January 07, 2000 at 16:04:22 PT:
Sheesh
I wouldn't be surprised if he was a better teacher whenhe was high.Somebody should do a study!
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