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Elston student, 13, arrested

Published: Saturday, December 18, 2010 5:09 PM CST
MICHIGAN CITY — Elston Middle School staff called police to the school Thursday to deal with a student who allegedly put hand sanitizer in a teacher’s pop can Thursday.

Police arrested the 13-year-old boy at 3:10 p.m. and charged him with criminal recklessness. The boy denied putting the hand sanitizer in the drink.

According to the police report, the teacher complained of feeling ill after drinking the beverage, which allegedly tasted funny and smelled like hand sanitizer. A school nurse released the teacher after calling poison control.

While the teacher was in the nurse’s office, the class was asked what happened. According to the police report, 13 of the 18 students in the class said they saw the accused boy use the hand sanitizer, and a few saw him put it into the teacher’s drink.

The root beer and hand sanitizer were taken as evidence.