Teacher Arrested for Meth

(Henderson, Texas) A 34-year-old elementary school teacher, Melanie Lynn McGuigan, was arrested on Friday the 13th during a traffic stop after almost 15 grams of methamphetamine was found in the vehicle. Driving the car and also arrested was 30-year-old Ricky Lee Anderson, an acquaintance.

Both McGuigan and Anderson were booked into the Rusk County Jail and released on bond Sunday morning. Both faces charges of possession of a controlled substance of more than 4 grams, a second-degree felony, punishable by a possible 20 years in the penitentiary.

On Monday, Elysian Fields School District Superintendent, Dr. Bob Browning, stated that McGuigan had submitted her resignation from her teaching position.