Emily Susan Smith Jones, Winder, Georgia (arrested Mar 2013) [procurement of methadone & xanax]

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Emily Susan Smith Jones, 37, sixth-grade math teacher at Winder Barrow Middle School, Barrow County Schools, Winder, Georgia, "arrested ... in connection with the suspected drug-related death of a Winder teenager"

Barrow Journal: WBMS teacher arrested in connection with teen's death (Mar 7 2013)

According to the school superintendent's statement, the teacher [Emily Smith] was charged with distribution/solicitation with an electronic device, reckless conduct, and criminal intent to distribute methadone. A BCSO press release Friday alleged that the teacher "assisted the victim via cell phone in reference to obtaining a controlled substance prior to her death." The press release also states that the "victim was allowed to supervise Smith's minor child at the time they were attempting to obtain a controlled substance."​

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The alleged victim was 18 years old and a 2012 graduate of Winder-Barrow High School. She died a couple of weeks ago in her sleep. A source said she was a close friend of the suspect and had been a regular babysitter for the teacher's child.​

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The victim is Morgan Wages, 18, who died on Feb. 14, 2013.

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Morgan Wages​

Obituaries:

• Barrow County News: Morgan Wages
• Barrow Jornal: Morgan Wages (2-14-13)
• Dignity Memorial GuestBook & Photo Gallery: In Memory of Morgan Wages April 23, 1994 - February 14, 2013

 

WSB TV: Middle school teacher accused in drug deal before teen's death (Mar 7 2013)

The victim was 18. "Miss [Emily] Smith conspired with the victim by cellphone in reference to obtaining a controlled substance prior to her death," said Barrow County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Faye Spaulding. Spaulding told Channel 2's Tom Regan that cellphone calls and text messages show the teacher facilitated the sale of Methadone, a synthetic opiate, and Xanax, an anti-anxiety medication. Investigators said the teen, described as a friend of the teacher, died the day after obtaining the drugs Feb. 14.​

 

Atlanta Journal Constitution: Barrow teacher accused of selling drugs to friend (Mar 7 2013)

A Barrow County teacher was arrested after the teenager she allegedly supplied drugs to was found dead the next day. Emily Smith, a sixth-grade math teacher at Winder Barrow Middle School, is accused of selling methadone, a synthetic opiate, and Xanax to an 18-year-old on Feb. 13, according to Channel 2 Action News. The girl, whom Smith considered a friend, was found dead the following night in her home.​

 

Barrow Patch: Superintendent Says Middle School Teacher Arrested Wednesday No Longer Employed by School System (Mar 7 2013)

A Winder-Barrow Middle School teacher who was arrested Wednesday is no longer employed by the school system ... Channel 2 News reports the teacher is 37-year-old Emily Smith, who taught sixth grade math. The report says Smith was arrested after allegedly arranging the sale of methadone and Xanax to an 18-year-old friend who later died.​

 

CBS Atlanta: Deputies: Teacher helped deceased teen obtain drugs (Mar 8 2013)

Barrow County deputies are investigating after allegedly discovering a long-time teacher helped her 18-year-old babysitter get hold of a controlled substance before her death. Investigators said Emily Smith Jones, a math teacher at Winder Barrow Middle School, arranged for the teen to obtain drugs. Authorities said they determined that Jones provided the drugs to the teen after reading texts between the two on the teen's cell phone ... Smith said deputies have also issued an arrest warrant for a second suspect who has yet to be located.​

 

The Inquisitr: Teacher Arrested After Buying Drugs For Teenager Who Died The Next Day (Mar 8 2013)

Authorities say Smith made several phone calls and text messages on behalf of the victim to a third party in hopes of acquiring drugs. The victim had been known to babysit for Smith on occasion. According to Sergeant Faye Spaulding of the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office, Smith willingly facilitated in acquiring methadone (a synthetic opiate) and Xanax (anti-anxiety medication), both controlled substances, for the 18-year-old. The teen was discovered the following morning, Valentine’s Day, dead. The unidentified teenager passed away in her home sometime during the night, after ingesting the illicit drugs supplied by Smith.​

 

UK Daily Mail: Disgraced sixth grade teacher arrested for 'buying drugs for teenage girl who died the next day' (Mar 8 2013)

A sixth grade Maths teacher in Atlanta has been arrested for facilitating a drug deal that led to the death of an 18-year-old girl.​

According to local authorities, Emily Smith, a teacher who colleagues describe as 'smart and engaging', made phone calls and sent text messages on behalf of the victim relating to the sale of Methadone and Xanax the day before the teenager was found dead.​

The victim who passed away in her sleep on February 13, the night of the alleged drug deal, was a 2012 high school graduate and local to the Winder area and is said to have babysat on occasion for Ms Smith's own child. ​

 

Raw Story: Georgia middle school teacher arrested after student’s fatal methadone overdose (Mar 8 2013)

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According to Atlanta’s WSB-TV Channel 2, Emily Smith, a sixth-grade math teacher at Winder-Barrow Middle School has been arrested and charged with facilitating the sale of the powerful opiate methadone and the tranquilizer Xanax to a teen girl who was found dead in her home the next day of an apparent overdose. Smith reportedly helped set up the sale of the drugs by way of a series of text and voice communications on her cell phone on February 13, the day before the teenager died.​

 

RTT News: Teacher Arrested After Teen's Drug Overdose (Mar 8 2013)

Emily Smith, a sixth-grade math teacher at Winder Barrow Middle School, is accused of selling methadone, a synthetic opiate, and Xanax to an 18-year-old on Feb. 13, according to Channel 2 Action News via the AJC. The girl, whom Smith considered a friend, was found deceased in her home the following night, according to the article. "Ms. Smith conspired with the victim by cellphone in reference to obtaining a controlled substance prior to her death," Captain Faye Spaulding of the Barrow County Sheriff's Office told Channel 2 via the AJC. Toxicology reports indicated there were high levels of controlled substances in the teenager's system, but the cause of death is still not determined, according to Spaulding.​

 

Access North Georgia: Barrow teacher accused of supplying drugs to teen (Mar 8 2013)

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Barrow County Sheriff's Sgt. Faye Spaulding said in a press statement that Emily Susan Smith, 37, is accused of arranging a drug purchase for the 18-year-old. The teen died at her home on February 14, one day after the purchase. Spaulding said authorities have not yet confirmed a cause of death for the teen, saying only that there were high levels of a controlled substance in the victim's body. According to the statement, Smith used her cell phone to coordinate the sale of Xanax and methadone for the teen. The statement said that the victim was supervising Smith's child at the time the pair were coordinating the drug purchase.​

 

Online Athens: Barrow County teacher suspected of supplying drugs that killed teen (Mar 8 2013)

A Barrow County Middle School math teacher [Emily Susan Smith] was arrested this week on charges she arranged a drug delivery to her babysitter, who died after ingesting the drugs. Now deputies are looking for the person who actually delivered the methadone and Xanax to the 18-year-old victim on Feb. 14, Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said Friday. “We do have another suspect who is not in custody, but we have taken charges,” [Jud] Smith said, declining to name the suspect because the person has not been arrested.​

 

Gwinnett Daily Post: While Winder teacher looked for drug, victim supervised child (Mar 8 2013)

But Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said on Friday he is not releasing the name of the victim because the victim's family requested he doesn't for closure purposes. Emily Susan Smith was arrested on Wednesday and charged with reckless conduct, attempting to distribute a controlled substance and using a cellphone to obtain a controlled substance. The victim, 18, was a Winder resident who died on Feb. 14. "The charges stemmed from an investigation of activities in the past hours leading up to her death," Barrow County Sheriff's Sgt. Faye Spaulding said. "The victim was allowed to supervise Smith's minor child at the time they were attempting to obtain a controlled substance."​

 

Gwinnett Daily Post: Barrow teacher fired after drug arrest (Mar 8 2013)

Barrow County School superintendent Wanda Creel said Emily Smith Jones, who taught sixth-grade math, is no longer an employee of the Barrow County School System. Jones was reportedly charged with distribution/solicitation with an electronic device, reckless conduct, and criminal intent to distribute methadone.​

 

WSB TV: Teacher accused in drug deal denies charges (Mar 8 2013)

On Friday afternoon, the attorney for Emily Smith contacted Channel 2 Action News, saying her client adamantly denies the charges and looks forward to her day in court.​

 

Barrow County News: W-BMS teacher arrested (Mar 8 2013)

A Winder-Barrow Middle School teacher was arrested on Thursday afternoon and charged with distribution/solicitation with an electronic device; reckless conduct; and criminal intent to distribute methadone ... Emily Smith, 37, teaches sixth grade math at the school and is also accused of arranging a drug deal for a teen who died the day after the purchase, authorities said. "Miss Smith conspired with the victim by cell phone in reference to obtaining a controlled substance prior to her death," ...​

 

One of my brothers died from drug usage 35 years ago when he was 16, almost 17. When I found Morgan's name & picture & obituary, it all came back to me -- so long ago, and yet the pain & memory never goes away. It will be all that much sadder if an adult - a teacher at that -- who should have served as a mentor and help to steer her out of trouble, is instead proven to have facilitated her death.

 

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11 Alive: Teen's drug-related death leads to arrest of teacher in Barrow County (Mar 9 2013)

Sheriff Jud Smith said that Emily Smith, off campus, provided drugs to the 18 year old, one day last month. And the next day the young woman died. Sheriff Smith said the drugs were in the woman's system -- high levels of Methadone and Xanax. According to the Sheriff, his investigators checked the girl's cell phone and found texts between her and Emily Smith from the day before, arranging for the sale of the drugs.​

 

Augusta Chronicle: Ga. math teacher charged with giving 18-year-old fatal drugs (Mar 9 2013)

Now deputies are looking for the person who actually delivered the methadone and Xanax to the 18-year-old victim on Feb. 14, Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said Friday. “We do have another suspect who is not in custody, but we have taken charges,” Smith said, declining to name the suspect because the person has not been arrested. Emily Susan Smith, 37, who worked as a teacher for 14 years in Barrow County, was arrested Wednesday on charges of reckless conduct, attempting to distribute a controlled substance and use of an electronic device to deliver a controlled substance.​

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The victim, a 2012 graduate of Winder-Barrow High School whose name is not being released, was found dead Feb. 14 at her home by a family member, Smith said. “She went to bed the night before and did not wake up,” he said. “It is alleged that Ms. Smith facilitated a drug deal via telephone and had the narcotics delivered to the victim while she was babysitting the suspect’s daughter at the time,” Smith said.​