A Florida principal of a high school
of last resort was found smoking marijuana in her car with her shirt unbuttoned
alongside a male student, police say.
North Palm Beach authorities
say Krista Morton, 45, was found in her car after police responded to a call
about some suspicious behavior Wednesday.
The caller believed someone
was having sex or fighting in the car. When police arrived, they say it reeked
of marijuana and found a container of the drug in the back seat.
When an officer initially
knocked on the window, the principal of Mavericks High charter school in Palm
Springs told them she and the 18-year-old student were 'just friends' and that
she'd picked him up on the side of the road because she was lonely and wanted
to get to know him, the Sun Sentinel reports.
However, according to the
police report, Morton's blouse was unbuttoned 'exposing her shoulders and part
of her chest.'
Police say Morton declined to
say whether she'd smoked marijuana but said marijuana had been smoked inside
the car.
Police found 20 grams of marijuana,
rolling papers and a lighter in the car.
The student had previously
been arrested for marijuana possession.
It came clear to police that Morton
was the teen's principal after he was questioned. She later admitted as much to
the officers.
According to WPTV, many of the
students at Mavericks are there because they've fallen behind or been forced to
leave other schools.
The Palm Beach County School
District says that, while it must initially approve charter schools, it has
nothing to do with how they're run thereafter.
Credit: Mail Online.

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