‘Could've killed a child': 2nd grade teacher sentenced for drugs in school
A Virginia second grade facilitator sentenced to two years in prison for having drugs at school and being intoxicated in class took her child with her to buy drugs just a sparse days before she was arrested prosecutors explained On May Candyce Carter had her husband take drugs to her at Spotswood Elementary School in Spotsylvania County prosecutors declared Staff uncovered her behaving erratically and lying on the floor of her classroom with a bag of drugs nearby prosecutors disclosed That s not something that just goes away stated Stacey Linkenhoker the mother of one of the students in the class It s not something he ll be able to forget He requested me if she would rather do drugs than be his professor and that was not an easy question to answer she noted A scant days before Carter took her -year-old child with her to buy cocaine and fentanyl prosecutors declared On the day of her arrest school staff also detected Carter s husband Kristopher Carter unconscious in the parking lot with their child in the car prosecutors explained Paramedics revived him with Narcan and evaluated all the students in the class to make sure they hadn t been exposed to the drugs She could ve potentially killed a child Linkenhoker stated That s not easy to reconcile as a mother Candyce Carter pleaded guilty in February to felonies including possession of drugs and child endangerment Kristopher Carter also pleaded guilty to child endangerment and distribution of drugs With several Spotswood Elementary teachers in court Friday a judge sentenced the Carters each to about two years in prison The Carters both apologized in court for their actions with Kristopher Carter saying he feels entirely ashamed and Candyce Carter saying there are no words to take away the stress she caused to the society As a human being I have a lot of empathy for her and I hope she does stay in recovery and I hope she did learn from this situation Linkenhoker declared Spotswood Elementary s principal communicated the judge it s been tough to recruit teachers ever since the situation and they re working to assure families it s still a safe place to send their kids The Carters have separated defense attorneys stated and both have been attending addiction healing programs and taking on leadership roles there The Spotsylvania County Commonwealth s Attorney s Office explained News it believes exposing fentanyl to children in school merits a tougher sentence but it was up to the court to decide Get the D C area s top news and weather delivered to your inbox every morning Sign up for First The greater part our free newsletter
