Rogers, ARKANSAS

August 13, 2008 - Matthew Reese, 26, an Oakdale Middle School teacher, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly attempting to obtain prescription drugs without a prescription.

Reese was arrested for felony attempting to obtain drugs without a prescription after attempting to obtain methadone, hydrocodone and oxycodone.

If found guilty of a criminal offense, Arkansas teachers can lose their teaching licenses. State law prohibits the Arkansas Department of Education from issuing a license to a teacher found guilty of any of 33 offenses listed in Arkansas Code 6-17-410.The department, through the State Board of Education, also can revoke a license when a teacher is found guilty of any of those offenses.

Benton County
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The 33 offenses include:
1) Capital murder as prohibited in § 5-10-101;
(2) Murder in the first degree as prohibited in § 5-10-102 and murder in the second degree as prohibited in § 5-10-103;
(3) Manslaughter as prohibited in § 5-10-104;
(4) Battery in the first degree as prohibited in § 5-13-201 and battery in the second degree as prohibited in § 5-13-202;
(5) Aggravated assault as prohibited in § 5-13-204;
(6) Terroristic threatening in the first degree as prohibited in § 5-13-301;
(7) Kidnapping as prohibited in § 5-11-102;
(8) Rape as prohibited in § 5-14-103;
(9) Sexual assault in the first degree, second degree, third degree, and fourth degree as prohibited in §§ 5-14-124 — 5-14-127;
(10) Incest as prohibited in § 5-26-202;
(11) Engaging children in sexually explicit conduct for use in visual or print media, transportation of minors for prohibited sexual conduct, employing or consenting to the use of a child in a sexual performance, or producing, directing, or promoting a sexual performance by a child as prohibited in §§ 5-27-303, 5-27-305, 5-27-402, and 5-27-403;
(12) Distribution to minors as prohibited in § 5-64-406;
(13) Any felony in violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 5-64-101 et seq.;
(14) Sexual indecency with a child as prohibited in § 5-14-110;
(15) Endangering the welfare of a minor in the first degree as prohibited in § 5-27-205;
(16) Pandering or possessing visual or print medium depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child as prohibited by § 5-27-304;
(17) False imprisonment in the first degree as prohibited in § 5-11-103;
(18) Permanent detention or restraint as prohibited in § 5-11-106;
(19) Permitting abuse of a child as prohibited in § 5-27-221(a);
(20) Negligent homicide as prohibited by § 5-10-105(a);
(21) Assault in the first degree as prohibited by § 5-13-205;
(22) Coercion as prohibited by § 5-13-208;
(23) Public sexual indecency as prohibited by § 5-14-111;
(24) Indecent exposure as prohibited by § 5-14-112;
(25) Endangering the welfare of a minor in the second degree as prohibited by § 5-27-206;
(26) Criminal attempt, criminal solicitation, or criminal conspiracy as prohibited in §§ 5-3-201, 5-3-202, 5-3-301, and 5-3-401, to commit any of the offenses listed in this subsection;
(27) Computer child pornography as prohibited in § 5-27-603;
(28) Computer exploitation of a child in the first degree as prohibited in § 5-27-605;
(29) Felony theft as prohibited in §§ 5-36-103 — 5-36-106, and 5-36-202;
(30) Robbery as prohibited by §§ 5-12-102 and 5-12-103;
(31) Breaking or entering as prohibited by § 5-39-202;
(32) Burglary as prohibited by § 5-39-201;
(33) Forgery as prohibited by § 5-37-201;

August 14 - Reese will likely in the classroom Monday despite drug arrest

August 15 - Teacher Won't Be In Classrooms Monday
Officials said Thursday that Reese would teach at Oakdale Middle School, but reversed that position Friday afternoon. Ashley Kelley, district communication coordinator, refused answer questions from the Morning News about whether Reese still works for the district but in a capacity other than classroom teacher.

Reese will be arraigned September 22.