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Four students at Mount Everett Regional School will be summoned to court for hearings on whether they should be charged with marijuana possession following an Oct. 10 investigation by school officials.
Police Chief James McGarry said the students - all juveniles whose names have not been released - each had small quantities of marijuana, totaling a tenth of an ounce.
Police were notified by school officials, who discovered the students in possession of drugs. The school has taken disciplinary action against the students, McGarry said.
The summonses will require each student to attend a show-cause hearing with a magistrate, who will determine if there is probable cause to bring marijuana possession charges.
The hearings will be handled in Berkshire Juvenile Court in Pittsfield; no dates have been set.
None of the students is facing an allegation of distribution, which could result in a school-zone drug-violation charge. That charge carries a two-year minimum mandatory jail term.
McGarry said the "intent is to get them into the system, see what the courtroom looks like and get them to perform community service."
Mount Everett Principal Glenn DeVoti said yesterday that he could make no comment on disciplinary proceedings. Superintendent Valerie Spriggs did not return a phone message on the matter.
Source: Berkshire Eagle, The (Pittsfield, MA)
Copyright: 2005 New England Newspapers, Inc.
Contact: letters@berkshireeagle.com
Website: berkshireeagle.com | Berkshire County breaking news, traffic, weather, sports.
Police Chief James McGarry said the students - all juveniles whose names have not been released - each had small quantities of marijuana, totaling a tenth of an ounce.
Police were notified by school officials, who discovered the students in possession of drugs. The school has taken disciplinary action against the students, McGarry said.
The summonses will require each student to attend a show-cause hearing with a magistrate, who will determine if there is probable cause to bring marijuana possession charges.
The hearings will be handled in Berkshire Juvenile Court in Pittsfield; no dates have been set.
None of the students is facing an allegation of distribution, which could result in a school-zone drug-violation charge. That charge carries a two-year minimum mandatory jail term.
McGarry said the "intent is to get them into the system, see what the courtroom looks like and get them to perform community service."
Mount Everett Principal Glenn DeVoti said yesterday that he could make no comment on disciplinary proceedings. Superintendent Valerie Spriggs did not return a phone message on the matter.
Source: Berkshire Eagle, The (Pittsfield, MA)
Copyright: 2005 New England Newspapers, Inc.
Contact: letters@berkshireeagle.com
Website: berkshireeagle.com | Berkshire County breaking news, traffic, weather, sports.
