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Newsjock

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Mon Mar 17, 2014, 10:24 PM Mar 2014

Lawsuit: Calif. high school staffer asked 2 students to do campus drug sting

Source: Fresno Bee

Two Clovis North High School students have sued the Clovis Unified School District, saying a school employee asked them to participate in a drug sting on campus without the consent of their parents or police.

The plan allegedly hatched by Kelly Racca last March went horribly wrong: after the drug buy, the two students were unlawfully interrogated by police and threatened with arrest, the Fresno County Superior Court lawsuit says.

Racca and another school official then encouraged one of the students to lie to protect Racca from being disciplined, the lawsuit says.

... "It's outrageous what this (employee) wanted them to do," said Fresno attorney Stephen R. Cornwell, who represents the two students, identified in the civil complaint as John Doe and Mary Roe.

Read more: http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/03/17/3828144/lawsuit-clovis-north-staffer-asked.html

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Lawsuit: Calif. high school staffer asked 2 students to do campus drug sting (Original Post) Newsjock Mar 2014 OP
Epic fail for the staffer! Initech Mar 2014 #1

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