Gruening Middle School Assistant Principal Mario Toro Jailed On Three Counts Of Possession Of Cocaine In Anchorage, Alaska

Published: January 19, 2008, 1:23 am

Tags: tsb, crime, drugs, anchorage school district

An assistant principal in the Anchorage School District accused of using cocaine on school grounds turned himself in Thursday January 17th, 2008 and has been charged with three counts of possession of cocaine and held on $10,000 bail. Stories published January 18th in the Anchorage Daily News and aired on KTUU Channel 2, HERE and HERE, and on KIMO Channel 13.Mario A. Toro Jr. (pictured above left), 43, the assistant principal at Gruening Middle School, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment to three felony counts of third-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance. Police searches turned up cocaine residue in Toro's office and vehicle, the records say. Because the offenses took place on school grounds, they are classified as a more serious Class B felony rather than the ordinary Class C felony.And Anchorage School Superintendent Carol Comeau is pissed off. "We were very disheartened that there were additional charges filed," Anchorage School Superintendant Carol Comeau said

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