On Friday Tangipahoa Parish School Superintendent Melissa Stilley confirmed that a temporary cafeteria worker at Sumner High School was removed from campus in police custody.
On Friday afternoon, school officials and law enforcement were notified of a possible threat involving a substitute cafeteria worker allegedly selling a homemade baked good laced with marijuana also known as edibles.
The threat was reported by a student through the Crime Stoppers of Tangipahoa P3 app, an online tool utilized to anonymously report safety threats. Stilley said the TPSO worked quickly to respond to the case.
That investigation is ongoing; however, a suspect was taken off campus by law enforcement prior to the dismissal of classes.
Stilley said the individual identified in this investigation is not a Tangipahoa Parish School System employee. She described the suspect as a substitute worker, hired by ESS, a staffing service used to place substitute employees in schools.
Stilley did not offer any additional information on the case, pending the outcome of the TPSO investigation.
