Pubdate: Wed, 18 Oct 2006
Source: Post-Standard, The (NY)
Copyright: 2006, Syracuse Post-Standard
Contact:  http://www.syracuse.com/poststandard/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/686
Author: Jim Read, Staff writer
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editors may redact the names and addresses of accused persons who 
have not been convicted of a crime, if those named are not otherwise 
public figures or officials

FAYETTEVILLE TEENS CHARGED AFTER AIDE DRUGGED

Police Say Marijuana Was Placed in Brownie Brought to High School.

Two Fayetteville-Manlius High School students face drug  charges 
after a teacher's aide at the high school ate a  brownie laced with 
marijuana and became ill, police  said.

[Name redacted] , 17, of Genesee Street, Fayetteville,  is accused of 
bringing the brownie into the school  Friday. She shared the brownie 
with the school aide.

"Her decision to give it to someone else was a  spur-of-the-moment 
type of thing," said James Chupaila,  the high school principal.

[Name redacted] is charged with a felony count of assault, 
and  misdemeanor counts of criminal sale of marijuana,  criminal 
possession of marijuana and reckless  endangerment, said Manlius 
Police Capt. Jason Cassalia.

[Name redacted] , 16, of South Manlius Street,  Fayetteville, is 
accused of selling [Name redacted] the  drug-laced brownies and is 
charged with a felony count  of criminal sale of marijuana, Cassalia 
said. Both students are juniors, he said.

Citing school privacy restrictions, Chupaila would not  identify the 
aide or the students. Based on information  from him and the police, 
the following is what took  place:

After taking a bite of the brownie, the aide noticed  the brownie 
didn't taste right, and [Name redacted] admitted it  contained 
marijuana. School officials called police and  an ambulance and the 
aide was taken to a hospital for  treatment. She was released later 
Friday and returned to work this week.

School policy requires administrators to call police in  all cases 
involving drugs or alcohol at the school.

Five students were interviewed about the incident by  police and 
school officials. [Name redacted] and another student,  who was not 
charged with a crime and who was not  identified, were suspended. 
That student, whose  suspension is shorter than [Name redacted] , 
knew that [Name redacted] brought the drugs to school but did nothing 
to stop  her.

"She had a responsibility to try and stop it" by  telling somebody, 
Chupaila said.
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