Teacher Arrested for Crack

(Saratoga Springs, New York) A 38-year-old physical education teacher and basketball coach at Saratoga Springs Central Catholic High School, David Speers, was arrested with a companion, Pamela Baumgardner, 37, for trying to buy drugs on an Albany street corner. Speers was charged with loitering for the purpose of buying drugs and criminal possession of crack cocaine. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany fired Speers.

Both Speers and Baumgardner were locked up in the Albany County Jail with bail set at $1,000 each.