Teacher Caught in Drug Sting

(Quincy, Massachusetts) In March 2008, a 39-year-old first-grade teacher at Wollaston Elementary School, Candice A. Kelly, was placed on administrative leave by the school after being notified by police that she had been caught in a drug sting. She later resigned.

According to the police report, Quincy police detectives saw Christopher Frawley, 48, of Weymouth, stop his truck outside Kelly’s Quincy apartment in March. Kelly got into the vehicle, then a few minutes later, returned to her apartment, police said.

Police followed Frawley, who they say is a known drug dealer, after he left the apartment. They stopped him in Braintree and arrested him on multiple drug charges after finding cash and cocaine in his truck, the report says.

Police returned to Kelly’s apartment, where she allegedly turned over a bag of cocaine. She told police that she bought the drugs from Frawley for $50.

“When the officers went back to the apartment she was under no obligation to even respond,” said Quincy Police Chief Robert Crowley. “She cooperated fully. It bolstered (detectives’) case against the individual they arrested in Braintree. She had no criminal record and the officers at the scene at that time decided not to charge her.”

It's not clear whether or not Kelly will face criminal charges.