Woman charged with giving THC to student

LONE STAR (KETK) – An East Texas woman was arrested in February after it was discovered that she provided THC to a Daingerfield Junior High School student. According to the Lone Star Police Department and our news partner KETK, on Feb. 24, officers were called to Daingerfield Junior High School to take a report of a child abuse case involving a student. After officers filed the report, Child Protective Services was contacted the next day and conducted an interview with one of the students involved in the case.

During the interview, officials said a cookie tin containing THC gummies was found in the student’s possession, leading to the arrest of Cynthia Shaffer, who had provided the drugs to the student. Shaffer was charged with the manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance and the delivery of a controlled substance to a child.