John Acerra, Accused Principal...
Posted on 03/01/2007 4:22:46 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
Nitschmann Middle School Principal John Acerra was charged with multiple drug-related felonies after police said he made the last of a series of drug sales in his office 6 p.m. Tuesday.
A source with knowledge of the investigation said Acerra was naked and watching pornography when officers took him into custody. Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin would not confirm that detail.
They found Acerra sitting with a clear, plastic bag of the drug on his desk, authorities said. Next to the drugs were a glass tube with meth residue and burn marks, and the money that had been given to the informant, according to court records.
Acerra is charged with three counts each of possessing crystal meth and possession with intent to deliver crystal meth, two counts of delivering crystal meth and one count of possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia.
(Excerpt) Read more at pennlive.com ...
Jeez louise, what is it with principals lately?
Ddisgraceful, Horrible, Parents say"
Thursday, March 01, 2007
By BEVIN MILAVSKY
The Express-Times
http://www.pennlive.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1172725534257070.xml&coll=2
Talk about the mother-of-all understatements...
He's a great guy...
SNORT.
Yea, my home town. Stupid, evil democrats.
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John Acerra, Accused Principal...
"John Acerra: Two Faces of a Troubled Man"
"Yet people who worked with him including some of his friends weren't surprised that the kind, free spirit they knew was arrested Tuesday night in his school office on charges of selling crystal methamphetamine to a police informant, said Karen Dolan, a district teacher who spent 11 years at Nitschmann.
Over the past five years, the times he arrived hours late for school, missed school altogether, kept himself hidden behind the frequently locked office door or showed up at school activities dressed like a teenager all pointed to a life in free-fall, said Dolan, who is also a Bethlehem councilwoman."
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-4acerramar01,0,7856297.story?coll=all-news-hed
This is the school district next to me...
Ah, ya beat me with the pic...
Only public schools would tolerate that kind of irresponsibility. In the private sector, you'd be out on your can.
What a story!
And it mentions that the kids in his school were told not to talk about it. Public schools want to keep this crap under the rug like crazy.
When a teacher was arrested for having sex with students at a school in my area, they told the students not to talk about it, too.
It's OK though. It's a harmless crime, and he's doing it "for the children." /sarc
The *don't talk about it* mentality infuriates me. The guy did this to himself. People need to know. They're just trying to protect someone who shouldn't be protected to begin with.
The only thing that gives me any satisfation about the *don't talk* order, is that not only are people not going to listen anyway, it's only going to cause more talking as people are disgusted with the gag order.
It's a free country. People have the right to say what they wish. And this isn't even a matter of slander. It's the truth and the guy did it to himself. He deserves every bit of the loss of reputation he got. Quit protecting these scum.
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