Original Blog Entry: Principal arrested on pot charge

truesee — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:45:28 GMT

Posted on Friday, 01.14.11

Coral Springs principal arrested on pot charge

AMANDA MILES

KATHLEEN McGRORY

Miami Herald

A Broward County principal was arrested Friday after police found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in her Coral Springs home.

Amanda Miles, 60, is the principal of Coral Park Elementary in Coral Springs.

She was charged with felony drug possession and taken to Broward County's main jail in Fort Lauderdale.

Her son Michael, 18, was also arrested Friday. He was found with 126 grams of pot and charged with intent to deliver, Coral Springs Police spokesman Lt. Joe McHugh said.

Police came to Miles' home Friday as part of an ongoing drug investigation.

``The officers were able to get a warrant signed by the judge,'' McHugh said.

Police found more than 20 grams of pot, two pipes and two packs of rolling papers in Amanda Miles' bedroom, according to the arrest affidavit.

Because Amanda Miles is the only person who sleeps in that bedroom, police consider her to be in ``direct possession'' of the drugs and paraphernalia.

A Broward County schools spokeswoman said district administrators were searching for an interim principal.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/01/14/2016541/coral-springs-principal-arrested.html##ixzz1B8uxJQcr

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