Delaware State Police arrested a Seaford High School teacher after marijuana was located in his parked vehicle on school grounds Monday afternoon.
On June 9, troopers assigned to Delaware State Police K9 Division as well as a K9 assigned to Dover Police Department were requested by the Seaford School District to conduct a search of the building and vehicles in the parking lot for drugs, state police spokesman Cpl. Gary Fournier said.
While conducting a search in the south parking lot of the school, one of the K9s alerted to the presence of drugs in a Jeep Liberty.
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School administrators conducted an administrative search of the vehicle with the registered owner, Ryan A. Harris, 33 of Mechanicsburg, Pa., present.
Located in his Jeep was a bag containing 20.8 grams of marijuana, a digital scale, and a glass pipe used to smoke the marijuana.
All evidence was turned over to the Delaware State Police School Resource Officer assigned to the high school.
Mr. Harris was transported to Seaford Police Department and formally charged with possession of marijuana with an aggravating factor (School Zone), and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. He was arraigned at Justice of the Peace Court 3 and released on $1,000 unsecured bond.
A prepared statement from Seaford School District spokesman Dr. Stephanie Smith stated “we had a positive experience yesterday at Seaford High School in that we participated in a Delaware State Police canine search exercise and our school was found to be free of drugs.
“Unfortunately, a staff member was arrested for items found in their automobile. As this is a personnel matter we will offer no further comment. The employee in question is suspended pending the outcome of the investigation,” said Dr. Smith.
