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 Mushouse
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 Principal Accused of Selling Meth [PA]
#6621119 - 02/28/07 04:22 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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Principal Accused of Selling Meth
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) -- A middle school principal was charged with dealing crystal methamphetamine after police found the drug in his school office. John Acerra, 50, of Allentown was arrested Tuesday in his office at Nitschmann Middle School in Bethlehem, where police said they found meth on his desk.
There was no indication that Acerra sold the drug to students, but Acerra did allegedly sell the drug from his school office after hours and on weekends, said Dennis Mihalopoulos, an agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Police said they began investigating Acerra in early February after an informant told them the principal was using and distributing the drug.
Acerra, who was in custody in lieu of bail, has an unlisted phone number, and it wasn't clear if he had an attorney. No one answered the door Wednesday at his home.
A letter was sent to parents informing them of Acerra's arrest, and teachers had spoken with the school's 950 students, Bethlehem schools Superintendent Joseph Lewis told reporters Wednesday.
"I am saddened and troubled by these events," Lewis said. "I offer no explanation. There is none."
According to court documents, police last Thursday watched Acerra sell a small amount of meth to a customer in a store parking lot. They stopped the buyer, who told officers he had been to Acerra's home 10 to 15 times over the past three months, officials said.
Police then arranged for an informant to buy $200 worth of meth from Acerra on Saturday in the parking lot of an Allentown drug store, according to court documents.
On Tuesday, police set up another $200 deal with Acerra and the informant, who wore a listening device as he began conducting the transaction inside the principal's office, authorities said. Acerra did not have enough meth to sell to the informant, and he and the informant arranged to meet later that night to complete the buy, Mihalopoulos said Wednesday.
After the informant left the building, police entered Acerra's office and found him sitting at his desk with a bag of meth next to a glass tube with meth residue and burn marks on it, according to court documents. Also on the desk was the marked money the informant used to purchase the drug, the documents say.
Edited by veggie (02/28/07 11:21 PM)
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 Dark_Star
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Re: Principal Accused of Selling Meth [Re: Mushouse]
#6621511 - 02/28/07 06:18 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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 That's about 40-50 minutes away from me....and it doesn't surprise me at all. Bethlehem, Allentown, Easton, etc = trashy & ghetto ass little cities.
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peepeepottypants
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Re: Principal Accused of Selling Meth [Re: Dark_Star]
#6622322 - 02/28/07 09:54 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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thats my hometown...goodness
Bethlehem isnt really that bad, its probably the least trashy of the three. in fact its becoming a real yuppy place in the township
Edited by peepeepottypants (02/28/07 09:55 PM)
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hobbitxkillyou
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I go to Allentown once in awhile for shows at the Croc Rock. I remember driving with a dump on both sides of the street.
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CUBErt
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Re: Principal Accused of Selling Meth [Re: hobbitxkillyou]
#6624307 - 03/01/07 12:18 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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I wonder if he was one of those principals that tried to be hip with his students: "Yo kidz you wanna puff on some of dis ice?"
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