A 42-year-old security officer at Middleburg High School has been arrested after cocaine was found in his vehicle on the campus at 3750 County Road 220, the Clay County Sheriff s Office said.
Douglas Charles Batchelder, a Clay County school district guardian, was charged with possession of cocaine. No arrest photo or information on his booking is available since he is a law enforcement official and is exempted, the Sheriff s Office said.
Guardians are armed personnel who aid in the prevention or abatement of active assailant incidents on school premises, according to the school district. The guardian program was started at schools statewide in 2018 following the Feb. 14, 2018, mass shooting at Broward County s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people and injured 17 more.
Detectives say they found a wallet in the driver’s side door that contained a white substance. Author: First Coast News Staff Published: 10:56 AM EST December 15, 2020 Updated: 1:17 PM EST December 15, 2020
CLAY COUNTY, Fla. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office has arrested an employee with Clay County District Schools for possession of cocaine.
Deputies say Douglas Charles Batchelder, a guardian with Clay County District Schools, was arrested after detectives received information he was involved in the use of illegal narcotics.
Working jointly with the Clay County District Schools Police Department, detectives initially responded to Middleburg High School. While there, a K9 reportedly alerted to Batchelder’s vehicle for the presence of an illegal drug.
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MIDDLEBURG, Fla. – A Clay County District Schools guardian has been charged and arrested for possession of cocaine.
Clay County Sheriff’s Office said began investigating after receiving received a tip that Douglas Charles Batchelder was using illegal drugs. Deputies searched Batchelder’s vehicle on campus at Middleburg High School after a CCSO K9 sniffed for the presence of illegal drugs. They found a brown wallet that contained a white substance in the driver’s side door of Batchelder’s vehicle. The substance field-tested positive for cocaine.