Message to student drug dealers: Don?t do business near a teacher?s car.
That lesson was hammered home to a pair of 16-year-old Archbishop Curley students Thursday when they were busted by a teacher as they attempted to complete a marijuana deal in the school?s parking lot on Sinclair Lane, according to charging documents.
Police were called to the school around 3 p.m. by administrators after the teacher witnessed the transaction, records said. One of the students, a junior, “did possess in sufficient quantity for distribution,” according to records. Police said the other student, a sophomore, was charged with possession of marijuana, “a controlled dangerous substance.”
Both students allegedly admitted to police that the drugs were theirs. They were arrested, charged as juveniles and booked at the city?s juvenile detention center. They were subsequently released into the custody of their parents.
Archbishop Curley vice president Barry Stitz confirmed the incident happened but declined to elaborate. “The use of drugs is not tolerated, we have policies in place to address this,” he said.
Attempts to reach the juveniles? parents for comment were unsuccessful.
Archbishop Curley is a parochial high school for boys, with an enrollment of approximately 550 students.
