Teacher Stephen Pebley Arrested for Making Meth
In Knoxville, Tennessee, English teacher and football coach Stephen Pebley. He was arrested in the largest meth lab bust in Claiborne County history. He was one of four people arrested]ted. All face a manufacturing of meth charge.
Police said that they caught the suspects cooking meth, and finished product was sitting on top of the stove. A total of seven grams of meth was confiscated.
The lab, located in a home in a residential neighborhood, was so contaminated with chemicals that the suspects and sheriff’s officers had to be decontaminated before they left the scene.
After one look at the arrest warrant, the Campbell County school system automatically suspended Pebley. They also made sure that he did not try to go to school after he was arrested. And they have given police full access to Pebley’s classroom and computer to make sure there was never a threat to students.
Pebley also worked for the Christian radio station WLAF for over 15 years. He hosted a drivetime sports show from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. every day after school.
Pebley was a popular teacher and well known - and liked - in the community. He taught at Campbell County High School for 35 years. His colleages and friends had no idea he was involved with drugs. And worse of all, his mom is devastated.
Meth is so insidious, dangerous and seductive. I just wonder if Pebley was having money issues (maybe because of addiction?) and thought making meth was an easy way to get some quick cash. Or maybe he was romantically involved with one of the women who was arrested in the meth bust. The whole thing is just so sad.
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