Teacher left THC gummies 'out in the open' inside her classroom and students scarfed them down thinking they were candy: Cops

An Indiana precocious schoolhouse teacher is facing charges aft 2 of her students mistakenly ate THC gummies, reasoning they were regular candy, authorities say.

According to a Facebook post, the Steuben County Sheriff's Office began investigating connected Friday greeting aft the assets lawman astatine Angola High School learned astir the 2 students eating the gummies during the past people play connected Thursday.

"The preliminary probe indicated that the 2 students progressive were successful people astatine the clip of the incidental and were unaware that the candy they ate contained THC. The candy was reportedly located wrong the schoolroom retired successful the open," deputies wrote.

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Further probe revealed that 49-year-old Debra McGillem brought the gummies into the school. The district's website says she is simply a connection arts teacher astatine the schoolhouse located successful the bluish portion of the Hoosier State. McGillem lives successful Reading, Michigan, which is immoderate 25 miles northeast of the school.

Cops took the teacher into custody. They accidental they recovered much suspected THC gummies connected her person. Deputies determined she was allegedly nether the power and operating a conveyance portion impaired.

McGillem faces charges of neglect of a babelike and possession of a controlled substance connected schoolhouse property, some level 6 felonies, on with operating a conveyance portion intoxicated, a misdemeanor. Authorities besides alerted the Indiana Department of Child Services.

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The teacher was taken to the Steuben County Sheriff's Office connected a $6,500 bond. She remained successful jailhouse arsenic of Saturday morning.

Matthew L. Widenhoefer, superintendent of Metropolitan School District of Steuben County (MSDSC), addressed the concern successful a Facebook station to parents.

"The schoolhouse territory is alert that an MSDSC unit subordinate has been booked into the Steuben County Jail. The territory has initiated an interior investigation, and due disciplinary enactment volition beryllium taken successful accordance with territory argumentation and applicable law," the connection said.