May 18, 2006 8:20 pm US/Central
Tests Say Marijuana Extract In School Muffins
Surveillance Video Released Of Suspect
by Deborah Takahara
DALLAS (CBS 11 News) ―
Marijuana-laced muffins… that's what made teachers and staff members sick at Lake Highlands High School.
Thursday investigators released surveillance video of the person they believe delivered the muffins Tuesday morning.
The videotape is only about two minutes long, but investigators believe it is crucial evidence in figuring out who delivered the marijuana muffins.
At 8:15 Tuesday morning the video shows a young man walking into Lake Highlands High School carrying bags that police believe contained muffins.
Two minutes later the young man leaves after dropping off the bags. An hour later teachers and staff members start getting sick.
"So what it's just a high school prank. When we, we're trying to determine what the motive is. And second of all, the changing world that we live in today, security is the number one issue. We had people who were victimized and they were sick.
In all, 18 people went to the hospital complaining of nausea, light headedness, and dizziness... all after eating from the same batch of muffins.
Also today, a health department confirmed that some type of marijuana extract were in the muffins.
"There was presence of THC, a psycho active substance found in a marijuana plant," said Zachary Thompson, Dallas County Health and Human Services.
With that part of the mystery solved investigators are now trying to figure out who the young man on the surveillance tape is.
"The pictures aren't good enough where let's say if I was to show it to somebody who doesn't know him and he'd pick him out of a lineup maybe, or he would notice him on the street. But somebody would recognize the person um, if they knew him, if they were familiar with him. If it was a co-worker or if it was a fellow student that they had gone to school with, they'd recognize the mannerisms... the way they walk, the way they dress," said John McSwain, FBI Terrorism Task Force.
Tampering with food is a federal offense. If caught and convicted the man could receive a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
Anyone who recognizes the man, or has information about the incident is asked to call Dallas police or the local FBI office.
(CBS 11 News)
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