CLEVELAND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ALLEGEDLY FOUND HIGH, NAKED BY POLICE

CLEVELAND (AP) -- An assistant principal in the Cleveland Municipal School
District allegedly was found by police naked and high on drugs after
chasing a woman down a street.

Robert Singleton, assistant principal of Franklin D. Roosevelt Middle
School, smoked five "rocks" of crack cocaine and "went crazy," the woman
told police.

The woman claimed Singleton, 45, chased her down a street and took off his
clothes around 1:20 a.m. Friday.

He was being restrained by his sons when police arrived, a police report said.

Police took him to Meridia Huron Hospital, where a glass tube and a
substance resembling crack cocaine fell out of his coat pocket, the report
said.

Singleton has not been charged or arrested, but the police narcotics unit
is investigating, police said.

Cleveland schools spokesman William Wendling said Singleton is on paid
administrative leave until the district completes "a full and complete
investigation, separate from police."

Wendling said he is not aware of previous problems involving Singleton.

Singleton could not be reached for comment Thursday. A message left at a
phone number listed under his name was not returned.

Police had seen Singleton at about 10:45 p.m. last Thursday night at the
middle school, where he claimed he was locked out of his car after
attending a holiday party. Officers took him to the 6th District office so
he could make a telephone call.

Police encountered him again a few hours later in the woman's east side
neighborhood after they responded to a report about men fighting.