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Teacher Arrested for Drugs, Child Endangerment
Written by Echo Gamel   
Friday, 23 October 2009 13:22
Echo GamelA Fayette county teacher is behind bars for allegedly leaving her young child home alone while she was out buying crack.
Erika Shannon Cooper is an English teacher at Henry Clay High School.
Lexington police arrested her early Friday morning and charged her with endangering the welfare of a minor, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia and alcohol intoxication.
According to a police report, an officer spotted the car Cooper was in near a known crack house just before 4 a.m.
When they stopped her and questioned one of her two passengers,  police say the man admitted they were trying to buy crack.
Police say, when they took Cooper in to be booked, that's when she told them she left her 2-year-old daughter home alone.
Police went to her home where they say they found the child along with marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
The Fayette County School District says Cooper is currently suspended with pay.

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Guest Rhett says:
2009-Oct-23 11:52
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Teacher Testing
Maybe the time has come that we should consider drug testing our teachers?
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