The school board will sign off on a plan within months to combat drug use and other problems. Pulaski County school officials are planning an initiative to drive alcohol and substance abuse out of their schools. While the plan is far from finished, the tools discussed range from education to drug tests to searches with drug dogs to a hotline students can use to anonymously report drug use and drug dealing. "No students in our schools will use illegal substances ... bottom line," said Superintendent Don Stowers. [continues 770 words]
A second charge will not be prosecuted if Johnny Wayne Sexton pays $760 in restitution for damage Pulaski police caused to the apartment. PULASKI - A former police informant pleaded no contest Monday to two charges of providing false information to law enforcement officials that resulted in a pre-dawn raid on the apartment of a Pulaski couple. Johnny Wayne Sexton, 26, got a six-month suspended sentence on one of the misdemeanor charges. He could have received up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine. [continues 492 words]
Although this is the largest drug sweep in Wythe County, a majority of those indicted are from Pulaski County. WYTHEVILLE -- Law enforcement authorities in Wythe and Pulaski counties began arresting 30 people Tuesday on drug indictments following a five-month undercover investigation in both localities. A Wythe County grand jury heard hours of testimony and worked into the night Monday before issuing 63 indictments including possession of and intent to sell cocaine and marijuana and controlled drugs such as the pain-killer Oxycotin. [continues 421 words]
