KY. TEACHER SENT POT TEXT MESSAGES TO TROOPER INSTEAD OF DEALER, POLICE SAY

MURRAY, Ky. -- A middle school teacher trying to buy pot was arrested
after she sent text messages to state trooper instead of a dealer, police said.

Trooper Trevor Pervine was at dinner with his wife and parents
celebrating a birthday when his phone started buzzing with messages
about a marijuana purchase.

At first, Pervine thought the messages were from friends playing a
joke, Kentucky State Police spokesman Barry Meadows said. But a
couple of phone calls put that idea to rest, and Pervine responded to
set up a meeting, Meadows said.

Authorities say [Name redacted], 34, arrived at the meeting point and
found Pervine and other law enforcement officers waiting for her.

"She learned her lesson. Program your dealers into your phone," Meadows said.

[Name redacted], a teacher at Murray Middle School, was charged with
conspiracy to traffic in controlled substances within 1,000 feet of a
school, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia,
Meadows said.

She was suspended with pay pending results of an investigation, the
Murray Independent School District said in a statement posted Friday
on the district's Web site. A message seeking comment left at a
listing for an [Name redacted] in Murray, Ky. was not returned.