Updated: 6:21 p.m. Thursday, April 23, 2009 | Posted: 3:20 p.m. Thursday, April 23, 2009
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
According to Jackson Township police, a school security officer at the school’s main campus saw a vehicle in the upper student parking lot, with two males inside acting in a suspicious manner. A third male was seen running from the school.
Police said the security officer contacted the school resource officers, who responded, and the school was placed in an internal lockdown.
Police report that the males could not provide a good reason for being on the campus, and that their stories didn’t match. Police said they found marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a folding knife.
According to the police report, an investigation determined that the suspect had come on to the campus to contact students and collect money to go to Pittsburgh and buy heroin.
Two students were then arrested, one accused of letting the three males into the school, and a female student after police said they found heroin in her purse and her vehicle. She was also found to be in possession of a bottle of urine to be used for drug testing purposes, according to police.
The students charged were Jamie Stevens, 18, and Jesse Muto, 19. Stevens was charged with possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia and furnishing drug-free urine.
Muto was charged with disorderly conduct, and served a summary citation.
The three others charged were Chris Stubenbort, 20, of Zelienople. He was charged with disorderly conduct.
Matthew Goldsberry, 19, and a 17-year-old from Georgia were also charged. The juvenile was charged with possession of a weapon on school property, prohibited offensive weapon, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Goldsberry was charged with defiant trespass.