Ex-teacher charged with selling student cocaine

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A former Montgomery County public school teacher was charged with distributing cocaine to a child, authorities said Tuesday.

Theresa Cunningham Duarte, 44, of Rockville, taught English at Wootton High School for four years until she resigned this summer.

She has been charged with two counts of cocaine distribution. Duarte was released from the Montgomery County Detention Center in Rockville after posting $150,000 bond. County police said there was “concern” Duarte had sold drugs to other students.

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