NJ Art Teacher Facing Charges After Overdosing On Fentanyl In Front Of Students

A New Jersey artwork trainer is dealing with fees after overdosing on fentanyl in entrance of center college college students again in November. 

Frank Thompson, 57, was arrested on Thursday and charged with endangering the welfare of youngsters, possession of a managed harmful substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and a disorderly particular person offense.

Thompson was found unconscious in a second-floor classroom at Roosevelt Intermediate Faculty on Nov. 29. When police arrived; he was famous to be in misery in entrance of scholars and being handled by a faculty nurse. 

Exhibiting indicators of a drug overdose, one of many responding officers handled Thompson with Naloxone Hydrochloride, additionally known as Narcan. Thompson’s situation started to enhance. 

A subsequent investigation revealed “a quantity of a suspected controlled substance” and drug paraphernalia positioned in a closet contained in the classroom, in line with the Westfield Police Division.

Thompson is scheduled to look in courtroom on Feb. 1.