One young teen out of California was officially taken into custody this past Friday due to suspicions of allegedly possessing over 150 pills of fentanyl, which had been disguised as Percocet, while at a middle school that ended up causing the exposure-induced overdose of a school supervisor, as stated in a report from local media outlets.
Officials with the Bakersfield Police Department explained to 17 News that authorities placed the 13-year-old student of Chipman Junior High School into custody in the wake of responding to a series of reports at 9:05 a.m. local time.
Police officials reported that the child that was allegedly holding onto the deadly drug had been caught up in a fight with another student, which ended up having the school supervisor stepping in and looking through the student’s bags.
One spokesman for the police department, Robert Pair, stated that the school supervisor did not take the pills, but instead was exposed to the dust of the pills which are known to be a drug with an “inhalation hazard.”
A police officer stationed at Kern High School spotted the incident and quickly administered a dose of Narcan to the supervisor before quickly taking the official to a local hospital to receive treatment.
Police authorities in Bakersfield stated that the supervisor was now in stable condition.
Officials have slammed the 13-year-old student with a charge of possession of a controlled substance with the intent to sell and the student was taken to a Juvenile Hall, reported local outlet KGET.
It is still entirely unclear whether or not any of the deadly and highly addictive pills were given to or sold to any other students.
Officers also discovered a stash of over $300 in the student’s possession as well.
Officials with the Bakersfield City School District closed off the school offices temporarily in order to try and stop further risk to staff and other faculty members after police officers arrested the teen.
Officials for the district issued warnings to parents and guardians in order to inform their kids of the horrid dangers of fentanyl and issued an apology to the school community.
“I urge parents, please be aware of your child’s behavior and what they bring to school each morning,” expressed Superintendent Mark Luque in a release to The Californian. “We live in a reality where our students have access to dangerous things.”
Luque made sure to commend the actions taken by Richard Aguilar, the campus supervisor who had been exposed to the fentanyl, and Vice Principal Melissa Mabry whose “immediate handling of this incident may have saved lives.”
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— Bakersfield Police (@bakersfieldpd) September 9, 2022