School Principal Gets Jail for Crack

(Tampa, Florida) The 40-year-old principal at Van Buren Middle School, Anthony Giancola, was sentenced this past week to 364 days in jail after pleading guilty to purchasing crack cocaine, possessing crack cocaine and possessing marijuana.

Giancola was arrested in February after buying a $20 rock of crack cocaine from an undercover police officer.

"Just 20, that's all I got," Giancola is heard telling the confidential informant. "I cashed in my change. I'm so [expletive] broke."

Police, in the taped interview, asked Giancola what had brought him to this point and whether he had ever partied or smoked crack in the school. Giancola said he had drugs in his pocket one time, but he never smoked during work.

Giancola did cocaine with prostitutes at local motels, although he never had sex with them, he told police.

What a guy! Sure, Giancola went to motels and did drugs with hookers but there was no sex. Obviously, he's a man of self-restraint and strong character.

Giancola must report to jail by June 30th and he must forfeit his teaching credentials. If he completes an in-jail drug treatment program before his term has expired, the balance of his sentence will be suspended.