Dec 6, 2007 - Lisa Cunha, 33, a Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School teacher, was arraigned on a charge of possession of marijuana. She has been ordered to return to court Jan 9.
In October, Ms. Cunha was issued a summons to appear in court after police found marijuana and paraphernalia used in street-level drug dealing inside her home, court records said.On Oct. 31, a criminal complaint was issued for Ms. Cunha charging her with possession of a Class D substance, court records said.
New Bedford police Officer Justin Kagan went to Ms. Cunha's home Oct. 4 to search for illegal substances after Shayne Dextradeur, 19, a former student of Ms. Cunha, was arrested on a charge of marijuana possession. Mr. Dextradeur, a 2006 GNB Voc-Tech graduate, told police he was living in Ms. Cunha's home, according to police records.
Inside Ms. Cunha's apartment, Officer Kagan confiscated nine burned marijuana cigarettes, a scale, a large plastic bag containing marijuana residue and 56 empty plastic "dime" bags, according to police records.
