TEACHER CHARGED WITH POSSESSION

Campus police arrested a Heritage Middle School teacher after finding what
they say was a marijuana cigarette in his truck while it was parked on
campus.

Dan Lyttle, 35, was arrested last Friday on a misdemeanor charge of
possession of marijuana, according to court records.

He was released on a $400 bond and is scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 2.

The school district has suspended him with pay while the case is under
investigation.

An offense report said East Central police conducted a routine canine drug
and weapons search. An officer noticed the cigarette in the ashtray of a
white Ford Ranger.

A field test showed the cigarette tested positive for marijuana, the report
said.

The truck, which was impounded, belongs to Lyttle, who is in his second
year as a seventh-grade English teacher at Heritage.

In a brief phone conversation, Lyttle said he had been teaching for seven
years, but declined to comment about his arrest.

East Central Superintendent Anthony Constanzo praised Lyttle's teaching
abilities.

"He's doing an excellent job in the classroom," Constanzo said.

Thursday, Oct 15, 1998