One student was arrested for drug possession when K-9 officers were used to search Warsaw Community High School March 24.
Braxton Neil Baber, 18, of Ranch Road, Warsaw, was arrested and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 10:22 a.m. Wednesday for possession of marijuana. His bond was set at $450.
According to a report from the Warsaw Police Department, Warsaw Community High School was searched by K-9 March 24 and an alert was made on a locker. Once the locker was investigated and police determined the locker belonged to Baber, K-9s were sent to search several vehicles in the area and alerted on Baber's vehicle.
Before police searched the vehicle, Baber reportedly admitted to having illegal items in the car and retrieved them for police.Baber presented officers with a clear plastic baggie containing greenish leafy plant material presumed to be marijuana, a purple plastic grinder for marijuana use, a purple box containing empty plastic baggies and two glass marijuana pipes.
Baber was suspended from the high school and faces possible expulsion.
