The charges stem from the search of six students who were asked to strip down to their underwear to be searched for vape cartridges, the district attorney said.
Highlights
- The students were asked to strip down to their underwear to be searched for vape cartridges.
- The search didn’t meet the legal definition of a “strip search” since the students were in their underwear.
- The charges stem from the January search of six students in the Suring Public School District.
- The students’ lawyer says the students’ Fourth Amendment rights were violated by the search were not given an opportunity to leave or contact their parents before the search was conducted by a police officer or student staff member, he says.
- The children were told to remove their clothing and stood in the doorway of a small bathroom, the district attorney says.
- The students are charged with false imprisonment and faces up to six years in prison.