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.