Carolina Teacher Arrested for Meth in Pants

(North Augusta, South Carolina) Last month, a 33-year-old teacher at Mossy Creek Elementary School, Sarah McKinnon, was arrested on drug charges stemming from an incident where officers found methamphetamine in her pants.

McKinnon and her former brother-in-law, Steven McKinnon, of Pineview Drive in North Augusta, were arrested by North Augusta Public Safety officers in the early morning hours of Sept. 10 when officers spotted their blue Suzuki SUV stopped without any taillights along U.S. Hwy 25 and Edgewood Drive.

Steven admitted to officers that his license was suspended, but the officers' K-9 drug dog sniffed out drug paraphernalia during a search of the vehicle, including a glass pipe and scale.

A female deputy was called in to search McKinnon, where she found a silver tin near the teacher's crotch of her pants containing four clear plastic bags containing methamphetamine. Another bag also had three Xanax pills, according to the incident report.

Steven told officers that he made McKinnon hide the container on her so the drugs would not be found on him.

Both McKinnons were booked to face charges of possession of meth, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession with intent to distribute.