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Undercover Cop Posed as High Schooler for 6 months to bust drug dealers

wsbtv.com — After becoming a "new student", a Winder police officer says it didn ’t take long before students tried to sell him various drugs.

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  • BunnieLebowski, on 10/12/2007, -14/+83man I miss 21 Jump Street
    • goeatsmsht, on 10/12/2007, -52/+15We never thought we'd find a place where we belong.
      Don't have to stand alone, we'll never let you fall.
      Don't need permission to decide what you believe.

      I said jump, down on Jump Street.
      I said jump, down on Jump Street.

      Your friends will be there when your back is to the wall.
      You'll find you'll need us cause there's no one else to call.
      When it was hopeless a decision is what you need.

      You'd better be ready to, be ready to jump.
      21 Jump Street.
    • LogicBomB, on 10/12/2007, -29/+97What a waste of time and resources.

      I could go into my normal rant about the benefits of legalizing drugs and why it's costing society more to keep it illigal but people either know it already or they are in denial and I couldn't change their mind with some text anyway.
    • stlcadet11, on 10/12/2007, -14/+62***** non-deletable comments
    • lazyslacker, on 10/12/2007, -19/+3Whoa I live like 10 miles from Winder in Athens! Crazy teens with their drugs....
    • nixonrichard, on 10/12/2007, -4/+42Lando says: GIVE UP THE TOAD
    • Imagine3, on 10/12/2007, -17/+115My girlfriend is a police officer in the Chicago land area and because she looks so young (actually 23) she has been in a high school since the beginning of this year. If it kind of funny to think that she actually passes for a high schooler. I personally don't understand how she can do that since when you hear her talk, you can tell the intelligence level there is so much above that of the other girls.

      The bad thing is having to deal with the social aspect. I know she gets asked out all the time and has actually had to go to homecoming and a Christmas dance with a kid. We have agreed that she can date because it is for her job, but she will not allow anything other than the social aspect. Still, I feel like I am getting beat by high school kids. lol.
    • betterth, on 10/12/2007, -12/+102Hey, I can understand the "legalize pot" arguements.

      But this is not a waste of time. It's completely wrong for 15-17 year olds to be buying meth, percoset, cocaine, xanex, etc. If anything, keeping these harder drugs away from kids is more important, IMO, than from adults. These kids are too young for freaking cigarette. They should not be taking meth!
    • djSyndrome, on 10/12/2007, -5/+32"I could go into my normal rant about the benefits of legalizing drugs and why it's costing society more to keep it illigal"

      Even if drugs were legalized in the United States, there would likely be a minimum age on purchase and use, as there is with alcohol and tobacco. So in this context - people selling drugs to minors - it's possibly money well spent.

      I do agree that the 'war on drugs' is a sham, though. And I've never even *tried* drugs.
    • VipeNess, on 10/12/2007, -6/+32I'm A Cop You Idiot!! It's Not a Tumor!
    • nixonrichard, on 10/12/2007, -2/+80" . . . but she will not allow anything other than the social aspect"

      Well, if you're a 23 yo cop, it might not be appropriate to give handjobs to your 15 yo boyfriend while undercover.
    • hdtvdust, on 10/12/2007, -26/+5logicbomb...no please. DO go into one your your insane rants that ignores every fact that doesn't support your side.
    • VaporBro, on 10/26/2007, -12/+36I lived two different places growing up. A small town and then another small town. The first small town (We'll call it town A) was K-7th grade for me and the second small town was 8-12th. Knew tons of people from Town A and am plenty glad I didn't attend high school there. Same thing happened. A guy, who many people considered to be their best friend after months of knowing him, turned our to be a narc. Ratted out every single kid that even touched pot. It's sad. Mostly because there is a big problem in Town A which, for some reason, is not as important as marijuana. That problem is Drunk driving.

      Lost a cousin in Town A to a drunk driver. He was 16.

      Thank you cops for arresting the kids that don't cause harm. I appreciate it.

    • tpaine, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14@logicbomb
      I couldn't agree more. Not only that but we are basically assuring that these 11 kids will now end up career felons. From the article:
      "Police say instead of spending time in the classroom, they’ll be learning a hard lesson behind bars."
      And this is something they are proud of? Pish posh, these kids don't need a high school education, they need to be tried as adults and sent to a prison where they will get their criminal training. I'll stop before this turns into a full blown rant about our ***** up penal system
    • endgame, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2DAMN!

      You beat me to the 21 Jumpstreet comment

      That show was AWESOME!!
    • Wonderkind, on 10/12/2007, -17/+7"I could go into my normal rant about the benefits of legalizing drugs and why it's costing society more to keep it illigal"

      Yeah, I know... and you'd just be making a fool out of yourself all over again.
      When someone you care about has their life ruined by drugs, or when someone you love kills themselves for drugs, you'll grow up a bit and start to understand. Until then, go back to playing with your Wii.
    • tpaine, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24@wonderkind
      My sister has been battling a Meth addiction for the past 3 years and I still agree with LogicBomb. Drugs are a social ill that need to be handled as such. Instead of throwing these people in Jail and sending them ass-backwards drug treatment programs we should be addressing the root of these problems. I know it's popular to portray drug dealers as getting kids hooked on drugs to improve their bottom line but it simply isn't true. People get hooked on drugs because of the social groups they travel in and their marginalization from society.

      Despite what your govt has told you jail does not solve these problems. Drugs, like music piracy, are a black market not because of drug dealers but because of drug users. Without the demand for drugs the entire drug infrastructure would collapse.
    • jspegele, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Wasn't this a bad Nick Cannon movie?

      On another note, has there ever been a good Nick Cannon movie?
    • crossmr, on 10/12/2007, -16/+6@imagine3

      I hope she dumps your ass. Talking about a cop who is currently undercover is one of the stupidest things you can do, especially with even a single lead as to where/when. You're not anonymous online, people track down people all the time (we often get the stories on digg) and you could put her at risk for even talking about.
      Moron.
    • coit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@kadsbaker:

      What was the second town called?
    • Imagine3, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8crossmr ~ Actually, I said Chicago land area. That entails about 800 high schools. Secondly, neither of us live anywhere in the area. She is working with a different department because they cannot use anyone in their own department.

      Now, if you really believe the majority of people do not know that this is being done all the time, in every city, then I feel sorry for you. I am sorry if I misled you, She is not a police officer for a city in the Chicago land area, she only works with them. We both live out of state. So now if you really want to find out who we are, I just gave you a clue, we do not live in IL. lol
    • TheTaoOfBill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Even if weed was legal you can be damn sure it wouldn't be legal for high schoolers. Sorry teenage diggers but weed cigarettes beer and any other drug is meant for adults and a lot of the drugs on that list are meant for no one. This wasn't a waste of time. Drug dealers should not be in schools period. even if they are just dealing weed. Weed is not meant for kids period. Keep it out of schools.
    • nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6The guy announced that he was a drug user, and then drug dealers tried to sell him drugs. If he had said that he abstained then how much do you want to bet he would've been approached by maybe 1-2 of those people. To me this seems a lot like entrapment.
    • dairiusk, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6I would bet money that he didn't announce he was a drug user, but that he hounded people for drugs 24/7. I know of a similar story where a cop did this and hounded an individual until they finally help em score (they were "friends") and then that person goes to jail. Cops are habitual liars, more so than any drug user I have ever known
    • tconnect80, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Listen, it isn't entrapment. It is so friggin hard to argue entrapment and there's a reason for that; because entrapment isn't a get out of jail free card, it's a legal argument that prevents the police from FORCING suspects into committing crimes. Walking around looking like and saying you are a prostitute is not entrapment. Saying you are a drug addict is not entrapment. No one is forcing the guy paying a hooker for sex or selling an "addict" drugs to do those things. Hence: no entrapment.
    • rhawk301, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9"Winder police say the students weren’t acting all together. Now they are trying to find the person or persons supplying the students with drugs."

      OK, so they didn't even try and pinpoint the source BEFORE busting all the kids and revealing the sting? woops, but I think that source is long gone by now.
    • crossmr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If she's working undercover in a high school in "chicago land" she probably doesn't commute everyday from outside IL to there to goto the high school does she? She might not live there permanently but she's there now, and until she's done working undercover. Regardless of how you want to spin it, you still don't announce that you're associated with an undercover cop.
      oh, and even including the metro area, there is no way there are 800 high schools. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Public_Schools#High_schools There are less than 100 in the public school system, and I doubt there are 700 private high schools in the area. So you're either a lying sack of crap or a moron, or both.
  • dshPls, on 10/12/2007, -30/+145Gah! Bury this comment.
  • crawfishsoul, on 10/12/2007, -14/+29The only thing I miss about high school is how easy it used to be to score.
    • eatsushi, on 10/12/2007, -4/+48easier and better in college
    • PapaBoojum, on 10/12/2007, -3/+49I miss how easy it was to score in high school just a couple of years ago....

      But then they slapped a restraining order on my 40-yr old ass and told me to stop hanging out on school property. Fascists.
    • dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17In my high school, everyone knew everyone, so it was impossible for a dork like me to score.

      Then came college.
    • erikerikerik, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Interesting.
      While in high school, no females even looked my way.
      The moment I was out of high school. ALL of the girls I wanted to try and get with where suddenly interested! damn them! why couldn't they show that interest while I was in high school!
  • Alywait, on 10/12/2007, -7/+28Lucky cop, wish I would have been payed to go to high school.
    • woxidu, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2and buy drugs no less!
    • Wonderkind, on 10/12/2007, -2/+63payed? Are you sure you went to high school?
    • erikerikerik, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4maybe hes dyslexic?
      If you never knew of the spelling "paid" and all you knew was "pay" and to make something past tense you add a "ed" to the end of it "payed" makes 100% sense.
    • MacGyver2210, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I make that mistake frequently even though I know the correct spelling, but I usually catch it before submitting whatever I was typing. Payed vs Paid must play somehow right into the hands of my subconcious grammar-phobic alter ego.

      Also, isn't 'Payed' the appropriate past tense for pay in the meaning of 'paying out some line' as in a rope or something? I'll have to go look it up...
  • theburst, on 10/12/2007, -9/+42Seems like a lot of time/manpower to spend on high school students. Aren't you supposed to go after the people a little higher up?
    • Livewire, on 10/12/2007, -10/+5that's where they end up buddy.
    • bejayel, on 10/12/2007, -10/+6$20 sais the parents of the students at the school disagree with you.
    • toppgun, on 10/12/2007, -13/+7yeah, dont ***** their lives up in high school. Wait for them to at least graduate.

      I thought being a teenager was all about making mistakes and learning from them and not making them again. Not going to jail for 20 years until your 37 because of them

      /legalize it
    • schroe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10As stated in the article, they're going to use the kids to find out where the kids got it from.
    • Fitzavig, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4I think it's reasonable to say that this may be an attempt to just kick the whole issue in the ass before these kids grow up. Then hopefully, law enforcement won't have to deal with as much later on. I'm assuming that would be good.

      And it's not like this area is the entirity of law enforcement. So it's not like they can just tackle the "bigger fish" if they wanted. They have to get after what they can, and I think it's alright if they want to save a potential few kids from a future of drug addiction. They're killing at least two birds with one stone here.
    • bury, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2@Shroe
      I doubt it. Even if they wanted to, they don't have the best chance now. They should have got this info BEFORE arresting the 11 kids and making 8 of them convicted felons.
    • 4degrees, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2@schroe

      using kids to find where the drugs come from... great, we will be putting an APB out on big bird.
      /sarcasm
    • mike17032, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2So at what age is it "OK" to arrest a dealer?

      And read the ***** article, most of them were 18+.
    • allusivesultan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I completely agree, high school student that sell drugs are not making enough money or distributing large enough quantities to make it worth the money and effort of the officials to investigate and prosecute them. If they must continue this ridiculous war on drugs they should be using their resources to bust the large distributors and those trafficking drugs.
  • ElectricFuneral, on 10/12/2007, -41/+15these cops should be proud of themselves. by throwing kids in jail for doing ***** thats normal to do growing up (experimenting with drugs), they are only ***** these kids lives up, they aren't helping anyone.

    cops are nazi pieces of *****. ***** the police.
    • swrostmore, on 10/12/2007, -30/+11***** tha police
    • iamnos, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1FTA: The students’ bond hearings take place Tuesday morning at 8 a.m.

      Guess you got out on bail.
    • rnwen2750, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Sorry, but your ignorance is showing. "Experimenting with drugs" is not a normal "growing up" activity and you should be ashamed of yourself for perpetuating such a nasty myth.
    • chrispen, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Yeah, damn the cop for doing his job and arresting people doing illegal things; age does not excuse illegal activities.

      Not to mention experimenting with drugs isn't quite the same as selling drugs, which is what the kids got busted for.
  • newdigger, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2Does the movie "Underclassmen" come to anyones mind?
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373416/
    • Cwo655321, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2no!
      only 2 people have seen that movie and i dont recommend it to anyone else
    • coit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No, its 21 Jump Street. Geez, can't you read?
  • Elranzer, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24How old was this cop that he could pass as a high school student? Anyone got a pic?
    • dirtyharry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27I'd like to see this guy too, but something tells me they don't just hand out file photos of undercover officers.
    • evanfrey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29yes, lets post the picture of the undercover cop.
    • ImOscar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19Pretty sure I could have passed as a high school student for at least a couple years after I graduated. I got carded to see Troy when I was 21 (maybe even 22). You have to be 17 to get in. I want my $7 back for that movie still.
    • bmdubya, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Well now we know that if there is a ever a new student that likes drugs, he is an undercover cop.
    • toppgun, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1wasnt there some movie about a cop posing as a highschooler? I forget the name, but I remember it was really ***** and full of stereotypes and mind-numbing cliches. Came out within the past 2 years
    • schroe, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7I'm 24 and I'm told very often that I look between the ages of 16 and 20. I could probably pass as a high school student.
    • betterth, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3I can still pass for being in high school even though I graduated some time ago. I can walk the halls without a second glance from teachers. Perfect age to be a predator.
    • mike17032, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My dad used to work undercover when he was on the job before he retired.

      Back when that driver ran his truck through the gates of the 3 Mile Island nuke plant, it made CNN. Once they caught him my dad was the one who brought him out, on national television. That was the end of that undercover job.
  • Yancie, on 10/12/2007, -3/+26"Police say instead of spending time in the classroom, they’ll be learning a hard lesson behind bars"

    Like how not to get caught next time.

    Aren't people exposed to drugs and violence more behind bars?
    • Wonderkind, on 10/12/2007, -16/+2Good for all of them. Drug dealers. I hope they rot in hell.
    • retsig, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3"...hard lesson..."

      I take it it has something to do with their butts and the cell mates....
  • trer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8This is like that movie with Drew Barrymore, Never Been Kissed.

    Wonder if the cop enjoyed living high school over again. Did things this time that he didn't do the first time.
    • crashflow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11great, now you done it.

      "Never Been Kissed 2"
      "Reese Witherspoon...undercover cop goes back to hight school...relives her high school days...tries to fix past failures...meets love of her life...FUNNY!...TWO THUMBS UP...Rated PG...in theaters soon"
    • betterth, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4"great, now you done it.

      "Never Been Kissed 2"
      "Reese Witherspoon...undercover cop goes back to hight school...relives her high school days...tries to fix past failures...busts eleven drug dealers for meth...FUNNY! A HILARIOUS VIEW OF UNDERAGE METH USE...TWO THUMBS UP...Rated PG...in theaters soon"
      "

      fixt.
  • FairlyStupid, on 10/12/2007, -23/+1drugs are cool. ever taken one?
  • andshewas, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17...and the answer to juveniles selling drugs is to throw them behind bars, where they will learn valuable life lessons and become better, more responsible adults.

    maybe in pretendland.

  • joeyjojo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20But did he get invited to the Prom? That's the big question.
    • SultanTravi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Why would HE be invited?
    • joeyjojo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8"Why would HE be invited?"

      You apparently have never watched a teen movie released in the past 3 decades.
  • walkingcarpet, on 10/12/2007, -16/+3wow the cops are ***** cool. what a bunch of pussys, having to get undercover people.
  • johnwc723, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Dang there was an article like this in a Playboy a few years back, but the people got way more screwed than in this article. The woman (undercover officer) posed as a new student to the high school and dressed up real skanky and tried to get the kids (male) to obtain all sorts of drugs for her. In the end they all got felony charges....
    • afpunk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yeah, that was in Altoona, PA where a great friend of mine from college grew up. He knew the "girl" but luckily didn't become friends with her. From the second-hand accounts I heard from him , I have no idea how some of the cases weren't entrapment. It's really ***** up that ruining some high schooler's life for sharing pot with someone they think is a friend is such a focus of any police force.
  • luet, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6This is like that episode of recess

    except... well the recess cop ended up getting taken away while everyone cheered and wasn't trying to bust children for selling drugs...
  • derder89, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Only 11 kids? I swear that half of my school slings
  • Jayvis, on 10/12/2007, -8/+25Here's a pic of the undercover cop: http://imgplace.com/directory/dir1166/1176229830_6450.jpg
  • Yancie, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3You think the the cop got laid during his undercover operation? haha
  • ragley, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2bet thats one proud PIG
  • jjcechva, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24"Police say instead of spending time in the classroom, they’ll be learning a hard lesson behind bars.

    Looking out through the barbed wire of the Barrow County Jail, time is probably standing still for 11 Winder-Barrow County High School students that were arrested for selling drugs on campus."

    Great philosophy for our police force to have. They would rather have children in jail than in a classroom. They would rather put felony charges scarring their records than allow them a chance for redemption.
    • jjcechva, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11They didn't even find the supplier and the drugs they busted people for weren't the ones they should be looking for...yeah coke is bad but weed isn't ruining lives (any more than the police are) and the prescriptions probably came from some kid trying to make money after getting his wisdom teeth out.
    • AARGH2K, on 10/12/2007, -13/+6As a parent of 2 High School students, and a Middle Schooler, I'm glad someone is doing something about this. They broke the law the got caught, end of story. Coddling them isn't going to deter them, maybe now they might realize the mistake they made instead of thinking they can keep getting away with it, because the system went "soft" on them. Which is what will probably happen anyway.....
    • RationalAntaxia, on 10/12/2007, -10/+4Any kid who deals drugs deserves to be expelled from school and be behind bars if they are an adult. No if's, and's, or but's. If its against the law then don't do it! Also, they weren't doing this to just bust students, they are also using these students to get to the people that supplied these drugs to these kids. Its called by the book police work to just go up the chain. A wake up call like this is just what these kids need to get their life in line.
    • freakygeeky, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Oh *****. When I was in high school, I briefly engaged in the same activities as the accused in this story and never got caught. After a while, I realized I was being stupid and knocked it off. My life has turned out quite well. I'm sure it wouldn't have turned out so well if I'd spent time in prison. High school kids can be really stupid. They shouldn't have to have their entire lives ruined for their stupidity.

    • SultanTravi, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4There's a huge difference here. Many of us think it's reasonable to legalize certain drugs. That doesn't excuse the behavior of these kids. And even if these drugs were legal, they would still be too young.

      Telling kids "oh, you screwed up. Here's a second chance, no penalties" doesn't work. How do I know? I was a minor two years ago, and trust me, the punishments that straighten you out are the ones you don't forget.
    • freakygeeky, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4I was a minor over sixteen years ago and am thankful I didn't have my life ruined with your short-sighted brand of punishment.
    • AARGH2K, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I see all the school age kids digging us down. Yeah being responsible for your actions is a pain ain't it. Much easier to have the system let you off.... It's the old treat me like an adult, till I do something stupid routine.
  • zephc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Something like this happened in my high school when I was in 9th grade. Some cop posed as a teen and got a huge list of kids and adults dealing weed. It's pretty freaky to see 3 cops come to your classroom and haul away one of your friends.
    • Cameleopard, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2By "freaky" do you mean "completely wrong?" If so, then I just want to say that I think the War on Drugs, predecessor in spirit to the War on Vague Concepts, is really ***** freaky.
  • h3ndrix, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Stick em up bastard!
  • EarlofSlander, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16This happened at my school in 98. The cop came to classes he looked way to old to be in college let alone high school. He did not do well in class and all he did was ask about pot. After a few months he found a few dumb asses in my class to sell him a bag. What a waste of tax payers money. They found and busted the dumbest drug dealers in the school.
  • dicerandom, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9The only thing accomplished here is that drugs will be a bit more expensive around campus until a couple more dealers step forward to handle the market demand.
  • JaWright, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25We had a women cop pass as a student at ours. She was hot and would not go out with me, felt much better when I found out she was 24.
    • TiiPii47, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18hmmm, i wonder if every girl that shot me down in high school was an undercover cop.
  • antifolkhero, on 10/12/2007, -12/+5Another pointless attack on the American people by the police state.
  • MagicXB, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I live near this area. From what I heard, 6 of the seniors at that school won't be graduating this year...
  • CaptainKrontos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19I love how the parents always react the same way to these things.

    "Whoa, *****! Wait. You mean that there are drugs in my child's high school? And that there are people dealing them? Well that just knocks me on my ass."
    • antifolkhero, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10@CaptainKrontos: Yeah, they're great at going on a moral rampage for a news broadcast but then they do drugs themselves at home and/or are abusive to their children. Arresting kids and jailing them for this kind of offense turns them into lifelong criminals.
    • johnnick, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Or they're the parents of the arrested kids who say, "My Timmy is a good kid. He wouldn't do ANYTHING like that. He just fell in with a bad crowd. He shouldn't be punished like the rest of them."

      Yeah, right.
  • mhensley1288, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6poor kids, its just some drugs for crying out loud
  • Franey97, on 10/12/2007, -9/+7And you wonder why people call cops PIGS. Why not go after the REAL drugdealers, the people that distribute to these kids and not some small time teenagers. All the cops are doing here is alienating these poor kids, and if they get confessions to larger parties in this, putting the kids in REAL danger for snitching.
  • wolvyne, on 10/12/2007, -8/+5Good for them. Surprised they don't do this more often.
  • bwhite, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1Why are there always stories about this in Ohio?
    • schroe, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0Great growing conditions for certain illegal substances? Until they built the housing developments, several people used the cornfields to hide their marijuana crop.
  • freakygeeky, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12From the article: "I hope they will learn from these mistakes and turn their lives around at this early age." Yeah, I'm sure some prison time will really get their life on track!
    • Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The tragic mistake is outlawing drugs, and then enforcing every stupid law into the ground.
  • kjkessler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This exact situation occurred at my high school when I was a senior about 10 years ago. Some hot new guy transfered in about March, and at a tiny high school like mine you notice new students, particularly if they're good looking! My friends and I were bummed when after about a week we realized he was a "stoner." About 8 weeks later we learned the real truth, he was a rookie cop undercover and busted about 11 people for usage and distribution. Frankly I wasn't all that surprised at who was supplying-- one of last year's graduates that just hung out in the hallways in the afternoons. I mean, duh! Why else would some moron who's graduated hang out in his old highschool every afternoon!?
  • yomamaphat, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6They aren't "Learning a lesson behind bars" as the police say. They'll be selling again, and possibly even more to offset their costs. They'll just sell smarter. So maybe the lesson they are learning is how to sell drugs and not get caught next time.
    The root of the problem is that people will buy drugs because of a wide range of desires, including FUN.
    Drugs will never die!
    • AARGH2K, on 10/12/2007, -8/+5So instead we just let them keep selling in school? Yeah, that's smart. Using too much of the product man.
    • Franey97, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5"So instead we just let them keep selling in school? Yeah, that's smart. Using too much of the product man."

      If you think this will do ANYTHING to stop drug selling anywhere your sorely mistaken. New kids will step up at the demand, be more careful, and get away with it now. All this did was make an example and ruin 11 kids lives.
    • SoupsMan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"They aren't "Learning a lesson behind bars" as the police say. They'll be selling again, and possibly even more to offset their costs. They'll just sell smarter. So maybe the lesson they are learning is how to sell drugs and not get caught next time."

      I think "Learning a Lesson behind bars" was a wrong statement to say. The busted kids arent learning any lessons behind bars they think they will be learning. The only lesson that was taught was to A) not get caught or B) dont break the law, the law will get you. Those are the lessons the SCHOOL was taught.
    • AARGH2K, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I don't think there is an infinite amount of students waiting to be drug dealers, so your argument is useless. You will eventually weed out the students who are either too stupid to get a clue, or who the ones who just don't care and shouldn't be in school in the first place. Your way of thinking does nothing, which seems to be a trend for the bulk of the comments here.
  • Smeed, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6Cool fill our jails with drug users instead of sending them to rehab then home. That thief? He can wait at home.
  • whatitisnt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1This just happened in my high school last year (in Florida).
  • kaiser44, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5if the kids were selling crack or cheese, I can live with that.
    I hate to admit it , pot, now maybe we can let that slide.
    • chrispen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It was a bit more than pot

      FTA: "Some of the drugs we’ve uncovered were marijuana, methadone, Vicodin, Lortab, Xanax, Percocet and cocaine..."
  • MadN, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3How many high school girls did he need to "investigate" in the course of the sting.
    "Only a few", "None"?
    You cannot tell me they had a pair of vice cops to be boyfriend and girlfriend. (with no funny stuff with students)
    We now pay perverts to go after teens?
    But of course they would be allowed to molest high school girls as part of the "War on Drugs"
    What happens to "non-cop" perverts who pretend to be students?
    All the parents should sue the school over this ASAP.
  • greymarketbrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4WTF why can't people spell or use grammar? That article appears to be written by a completely illiterate moron.
  • malicexcx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2this is just another attempt for control, setting kids up, did any of these kids have the brain to see this person use anything before selling them the stuff? What a bunch or retards!! First, dont sell in school, wiat till you leave and get far away, you are only asking for trouble and more charges, second, sell to people you know, WHY would you sell to someone to whom you have never done anything with in the first place, KNOW YOUR ENEMY!
  • danconia, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10LOL I've tried all those drugs except Methadone. But let me get this straight... our tax dollars went into this guy getting paid for 6 months to make a handful of arrests? Arrests on young adults and minors? What the *****?

    Congratulations on ruining the lives of several young adults. Hope you're real proud of yourself. And who even knows if they were really trying to sell methadone, of course this guy will make it sound bad so he can convince people this sting was justified.
  • daughrat00, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0hell if they did ***** like that we would never have drugs in school.. I think they should do theat at schools.
  • oknothing, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Great now there's eleven kids lives in the ***** because they ran a joke of a drug ring, probably exchanging pot between friends and selling mommy's pills. Are these kids really the ***** people that need to be behind bars? There are better ways to deal with things like this. I find it ***** disgusting.
  • Pasty745, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5We had a cop pose as a student at my high school in '04. It was part of a district-wide sting operation. Out of all the schools my school was the only one that did not get busted. But, part of that was because we all knew he was a cop lol.
  • Unrealious, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5What stood out for me, in this article, was how poorly it was written.

    Most of the sentences (no pun intended) had something wrong with them.

    "The 11 students were arrested on campus Monday morning and they then being processed at the Barrow County Jail."

    "Is they is or is they ain't then being processed real good?

    "Police say instead of spending time in the classroom, they’ll be learning a hard lesson behind bars."

    The pronoun "they" in this sentence refers to the subject, which in this case is the word "Police"

    "Looking out through the barbed wire of the Barrow County Jail, time is probably standing still for 11 Winder-Barrow County High School students that were arrested for selling drugs on campus."

    "Time" is the subject of this sentence, therefore time is looking out through the barbed wire. Even if time is the name of a student, I still don't understand the meaning of the sentence.

    "“I don’t even know what to say about that. I’m astonished at that amount of people,” said parent Kelly Robertson."

    The amount of 11 people astonishes this person, not the thought of 11 people being involved in any particular activity. I myself have thought of 12 people, without any astonishment what so ever.
  • johanm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2This is like that toad licking Family Guy episode, in real life!
    I wonder if the under cover cops fake name was Lando Griffin
  • plsailboy, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3
    ***** THE RIAA!!!!
  • erikerikerik, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9I’m was quite shocked at the kids involved. -principal Rob Johnson.
    ---What, did you expect kids to not try them? what did you do when you're their age? DD?

    I love those kids-principal Rob Johnson.
    ---- Wooo, now. who do you think you are, their preist?

    they are good kids. -principal Rob Johnson.
    ---- (almost) All kids are good kids. Didnt you ever want a little more spending cash? or Want to try a new feeling?

    They made some tragic mistakes. -principal Rob Johnson.
    ---- No they didn't. the only mistake they made was getting caught. But I bet if you ask them if what they did was wrong their answer would be "no."
    Do you think that their "peers" ie, other high school kids would find them guilty? Doubtful, however a bunch of old laws enforced by old men will.

    I hope they will learn from these mistakes and turn their lives around at this early age,-principal Rob Johnson.
    ----Yeah, they will learn to only sell to people that they know very well. "Open air" dealing often leads to arrests. While "closed" dealing often dose not.
    I could go on about this but I will end up writing to much for some ones brain and I'll get dugg down.
    cheer~
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