2 juveniles charged in Stevenson High School drug bust
A wide-ranging, two-month investigation into drug sales at north suburban Stevenson High School has resulted in juvenile charges against two teenagers, police announced Wednesday.
The boys — a 16-year-old from Lincolnshire and a 15-year-old from Buffalo Grove — have been referred to Lake County juvenile court for misdemeanor charges of unlawful delivery of marijuana and conspiracy of unlawful delivery of marijuana, said Lincolnshire authorities, who did not name the youths.
The probe into drug dealing at the affluent, high-achieving school made news last week when it was revealed that school officials confiscated cellphones of suspected students and searched texts stored on those phones to find other suspects. A school spokesman said the tactic was "perfectly within our rights," though other legal experts called it a gray area in an evolving part of students' rights law.
Lincolnshire police said they obtained search warrants to view records of one cellphone. They also said they recovered less than 10 grams of pot, and that, while it appeared drug sales were arranged during school hours, the actual transactions took place off school property.
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