Florida Teacher's Aide Caught with Cocaine

(Weston, Florida) A 41-year-old teacher's aide at Falcon Cove Middle School, Felicia J. Bowen, was arrested yesterday more than a month after she allegedly was found to be in possession of cocaine.

Officers had witnessed a hand-to-hand buy of the drug in the parking lot of the Seminole Truck Stop on Highway 27 on December 17.

Officers pulled her over at US 27 and Johnson Street on traffic violations. When they approached her, Bowen confessed, the report's author Detective Aldemar Rengifo said.

"The defendant spontaneously uttered she had just purchased cocaine and proceeded to remove the two baggies containing field tested positive cocaine powder from her bra area," Rengifo said.

According to Broward County Sheriff's deputies, Bowen was found to be in possession of 2.3 grams of cocaine. They delayed arresting her to allow for more investigation.

Yesterday, Bowen surrendered herself to the officers at the Weston Sheriff's office and was booked into custody. Subsequently, she was released on $1,000 bond.