EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT DEALIN' AIN'T ALLOWED AT SCHOOL

Somerville Police busted two teens on drug charges outside the Healey
School last Friday, while 25-30 kids at the school watched.

Both teens, 17-year-old Stevenson Metellus of Lawrence and a juvenile from
Somerville, are facing charges of a possession of a class D substance
(marijuana). The juvenile is also facing charges of possession of the drug
with the intent to distribute and selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school.

The arrests were made after school last Friday, May 20, at 5:26 p.m., after
an teacher reported a suspicious vehicle had been parked outside the school
for a while. The teacher said there were still students at the school and
he was concerned for their safety, police records stated.

Police officers Robert Hickey, Derek Dottin and Michael Brown responded to
the school, spotted a green 1994 Acura Integra parked about 30 feet from
the school and circled around to the rear of the car. Hickey then spotted
Metellus bending over and putting his hand under the front passenger seat.

Police approached the vehicle and asked Metellus to step out of the car.
Hickey then spotted a Marlboro 100s cigarette box with a green substance
believed to be marijuana sticking out under the passenger seat. Hickey then
searched the glove compartment of the vehicle, which was being driven by
the juvenile, and found five small bags of a substance believed to be
marijuana, police records stated. The juvenile also had $94 in his pocket,
police said.

The juvenile told Hickey he just bought the car and asked Hickey not to
seize it, police records stated.

But police seized the car, the drugs and the juvenile's cell phone.

Metellus and the juvenile were then loaded into a prisoner wagon outside
the school, while about 25-30 kids watched from a side entrance to the
building, police records stated.

Healey School Principal Brent Stephens did not return the Journal's call
regarding the drug bust.