Pubdate: Thu, 26 May 2005
Source: Somerville Journal (MA)
Copyright: 2005 Somerville Journal
Contact:  http://www2.townonline.com/somerville/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3621
Author: Brock Parker
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis)

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT DEALIN' AIN'T ALLOWED AT SCHOOL

Somerville Police busted two teens on drug charges outside the Healey 
School last Friday, while 25-30 kids at the school watched.

Both teens, 17-year-old Stevenson Metellus of Lawrence and a juvenile from 
Somerville, are facing charges of a possession of a class D substance 
(marijuana). The juvenile is also facing charges of possession of the drug 
with the intent to distribute and selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school.

The arrests were made after school last Friday, May 20, at 5:26 p.m., after 
an teacher reported a suspicious vehicle had been parked outside the school 
for a while. The teacher said there were still students at the school and 
he was concerned for their safety, police records stated.

Police officers Robert Hickey, Derek Dottin and Michael Brown responded to 
the school, spotted a green 1994 Acura Integra parked about 30 feet from 
the school and circled around to the rear of the car. Hickey then spotted 
Metellus bending over and putting his hand under the front passenger seat.

Police approached the vehicle and asked Metellus to step out of the car. 
Hickey then spotted a Marlboro 100s cigarette box with a green substance 
believed to be marijuana sticking out under the passenger seat. Hickey then 
searched the glove compartment of the vehicle, which was being driven by 
the juvenile, and found five small bags of a substance believed to be 
marijuana, police records stated. The juvenile also had $94 in his pocket, 
police said.

The juvenile told Hickey he just bought the car and asked Hickey not to 
seize it, police records stated.

But police seized the car, the drugs and the juvenile's cell phone.

Metellus and the juvenile were then loaded into a prisoner wagon outside 
the school, while about 25-30 kids watched from a side entrance to the 
building, police records stated.

Healey School Principal Brent Stephens did not return the Journal's call 
regarding the drug bust.
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