Sheboygan. WI (WHBL) – Ambulances were rushed to Sheboygan’s Central High school earlier this week amid reports of multiple students who appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Now details are emerging about the episodes that led to the emergencies at the school- which have now resulted in an arrest.
17-year-old Gavin T Kaessermann is facing felony drug charges after Sheboygan police allege that he distributed Lorazepam pills to multiple students at Central high school on Tuesday October 27, 2015. According to a criminal complaint filed in Sheboygan County court, Kaessermann obtained the pills from another person at the Kwik Trip store on Calumet Drive on his way to school earlier that day.
Kaessermann reportedly told Sheboygan police that he picked up roughly 20 pills and shared them with at least three students at his school.
Not long after those three students took the pills, they wound up in the principal’s office barely able to walk, and having slurred speech. A school security officer describes one of the students as having glazed eyes.
Ambulances were dispatched to the school after one of the students indicated she was suffering from an allergic reaction to “strawberries.” It was later determined that this student along with two others had been given the Lorazepam pills.
Kaessermann is charged with one count of manufacturing and delivering schedule IV drugs. He could face up to five years in prison and fines of up to $10,000 if convicted.