Wisconsin Elementary Teacher Busted For Cocaine Use At School

A Wisconsin elementary school teacher has been arrested after being accused of using cocaine while at the school's campus.

Police say 58-year-old Laurie Laubenstein is facing charges of possession of cocaine with a modifier for possession of a controlled substance on or near certain places.

According to a criminal complaint, authorities said someone made an anonymous tip about a teacher at Lincoln Elementary in New London.

The person who sent the tip said a school resource had noticed some changes in Laubenstein's behavior.

Also mentioned was the tipster seeing Laubenstein go to the bathroom with her purse, and finding bloody tissues and white powder in the restroom after she left.

According to the tipster, the behaviors were reported to the principal, but they didn't seem to be taken seriously.

A school resource officer took a sample of the white powder to the police station. It tested positive for cocaine.

On February 12th, the officer brought a friend to school - the department's drug-sniffing K-9 and searched Laubenstein, finding cocaine in her purse and coat pocket, the complaint said.

After talking with her, Laubenstein told the officer she started up with the cocaine use back in August.

She told the officer she'd been using before and after school, then it grew to using it in the bathrooms and teachers' lounge.

In her own defense, she told officers she always cleans up after herself and would never endanger students.

The school district sent a letter to parents and families notifying them of the investigation and saying that at no point were students or staff in harm’s way.

School district officials say the whole thing is still under investigation.

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