Iced Tea And No Sympathy

Police: Students spiked high school teachers's drink with laxative

MAY 10--A quartet of Arkansas high school students is facing criminal charges for allegedly placing a laxative in an iced tea dispenser in their school's faculty lounge. After purchasing the laxative at Wal-Mart, Mark "Cowboy" Turner, 18, snuck into the lounge at Lakeside High School and placed it into the dispenser, which was then shaken by another prankster, 18-year-old Harry Keck, according to arrest reports, copies of which you'll find below. A couple of teachers who drank the tea following the May 3 senior class prank later complained of cramps, said Hot Springs police. Two other students, Bradley Parham, 18, and Jeffery Canterbury, 19, were also hit with a misdemeanor abuse of teacher rap. Investigators learned of the laxative assault after a Lakeside student found out about the spiking and told a school resource officer, said Corporal Chris Chapmond, a police spokesman. The four students are scheduled for a May 16 District Court hearing. (4 pages)

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