Two 13-year-old tried to poison their teacher

Newport News- Two Hines Middle School students are charged with trying to poison a teacher at the school. According to Police spokesman Lou Thurson, the students are accused of putting hand sanitizer in a teacher's drinks over the course of two or three months. Michelle Price with Newport News public schools said the school's resource officer (SRO) was made aware of the incident Jan. 29, 2013. The SRO alerted the teacher involved and the Newport News Police Department's special victim's unit. Price said two 13-year-old male students admitted to the act and were suspended. As a result of the school's investigation, the teens were later removed from Hines Middle School and transferred to an alternative school. They were arrested March 6 at the alternative high school they attended in the 800 block of Diligence drive. Each teen involved was charged with attempted poisoning and felony. The victim is a 66-year-old woman. Price said she had stomach discomfort but was never hospitalized. She had to take several days off for doctor's appointment. She is back at the school teaching, according to Price. Price said the school system believed the kids should still be offered an Education, which is why they were placed in the alternative school until they were arrested.