MAN SAYS SON SUSPENDED FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY FOR NOT JOINING DRUG STING

Clyde L. Stancil- Decatur Daily (AL)

Sun, 05 May 2002

MOULTON -- The father of a Lawrence County High School student said the school's principal suspended his son because he refused to participate in a Drug Task Force sting.

Officials are mum about the issue because the student is a 17-year-old juvenile. Principal Ricky Nichols did say that it is "a very good possibility" that he found what he thinks is marijuana in a student's vehicle.

Jim McAbee, chief of the Lawrence County Drug Task Force, said his agents questioned students at the school last week.

He said the questioning is in connection with an ongoing operation at the school.

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