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Police issue drug related citations during sweep at high school
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By ANDREW KUEHL
Akuehl@kewaskumstatesman.com
3/24/08 KEWASKUM- Students at Kewaskum High School got a surprise on Thursday, March 20, and it wasn’t the Easter Bunny. School officials joined the Kewaskum Police Department and the Washington County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug unit along with K-9 units from area police departments, to search the school grounds for drugs fifteen minutes after students arrived.
The surprise search comes after an earlier police investigation where police investigated a student thought to be distributing Oxycodone pills to her friends. Police Chief Richard Knoebel stated that the surprise search was not a result of that case and that his department has assisted in drug searches at KHS before.
KHS Principal Christine Horbas reported shortly after the search, that drugs were not found to be on school property. However, later police investigated two students who told fellow students that the dogs did not find drugs in their vehicles.
The first student whose vehicle was searched was a 16-year-old male. The teen admitted to police there was something in his car that was illegal, but it did not belong to him. Police found a wood pipe that they believe would have been used to smoke marijuana. A test revealed the pipe tested positive for residue from marijuana.
Cigarettes were also found in the vehicle. A citation for possession of drug paraphernalia and another for underage possession of tobacco were given to the student.
The second search revealed an 18-year-old student who had two grams of marijuana and a glass pipe found inside his vehicle. He also received citations for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.
Knoebel stated that a total of four dogs were used from Mayville, Lomira, Jackson and Germantown police departments. Kewaskum Police Department School Resource Officer Barry Granrath coordinated the search.
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