Florida Teacher Guilty of Trafficking Drugs - Updated

(Vero Beach, Florida) Middle school teacher Raquel Wright, 37, has been convicted by a jury of selling 70 oxycodone tablets to an undercover officer.

The jury spent about 40 minutes deliberating on the trafficking conviction. Authorities said the crime happened on July 23, 2010.

Wright testified and tearfully told jurors that in her mind, her only role was introducing the informant to a friend who had drugs. And that, she said, was because the informant repeatedly called her.

"I just wanted him to stop calling," she said. "I never knew I was going to get involved in a drug transaction."

Sentencing is scheduled for August 30 when Wright faces a mandatory three years in prison.

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Florida Teacher Accused of Trafficking Drugs
[Previous 7/26/10 post]
(Vero Beach, Florida) A 36-year-old language arts teacher at Oslo Middle School, Raquel Wright, was arrested Friday for allegedly trafficking in prescription drugs.

About 6:30 p.m. Friday, Wright sold 70 oxycodone pills to an undercover police officer for $1,000, the arrest report states.

Wright was booked into custody and released on $150,000 bail.