News: L.I. Teen on Drugs Charged with Possession
(Long Island, N.Y.) A nineteen-year-old Southampton woman was stopped this past Saturday for not wearing her seatbelt. It was later determined that she was under the influence of marijuana. Reports stated that she was charged with possession of marijuana and driving while impaired by drugs in addition to the charge for not wearing her seatbelt.
Police and authorities on the case discovered that the woman was in possession of two ounces of marijuana. This comes just two years after two Long Island teachers from John F. Kennedy Intermediate School in Deer Park were killed by a teenager in a similar incident. The teen pled not guilty to the charge of DUI and was held on bond for $1 million.
The nineteen-year-old Brookville teen, who had been allegedly driving while under the influence of drugs, struck the teachers. The teen killed one of them and left the other hospitalized. Reports stated that the teacher was not expected to survive and that the teen’s parents were not expected to be able to make his bail.
His attorney, who was allegedly a former prosecutor, did not comment. The prosecutor in the case against him claimed at the hearing that the police smelled marijuana on his breath. Police and authorities, who arrived at the scene, found pills in his sock when they performed a search of his vehicle.
According to the teacher’s fellow educators, the deceased was passionate about exercising. Some claimed that there was irony in the case being that the teacher died doing what she loved. Reports stated that the superintendent at John F. Kennedy Intermediate School considered the teacher to be an outstanding worker who stayed extra hours to further help her students.
Also passionate about martial arts, the deceased teacher often shared the lessons of the craft with her students by giving assemblies on the sport. Reports stated that the assemblies were always popular among her students and were known for attracting a considerable showing. A colleague claimed that she was loved by students, fellow school employees, and members of the administration.
This case is similar to that of another Long Island teenager who struck an elderly man on April 20th 2010. The teen faces charges for manslaughter and may be affected by the problems at the Nassau County Police Crime Lab. The crime lab was shut down because of numerous misconduct citations and questionable procedural discrepancies.
