Accusations Filed Against Teacher, Husband Charged With Allowing Teens to Smoke Pot at Home

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The Cherokee County Solicitor General’s Office has formally filed accusations against a Cherokee County School District teacher and her husband for allegedly allowing their children to smoke marijuana in their home.

Canton residents Christine Ann Cantrell and Jeff William Cantrell were arrested in late December 2014 by agents with the Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad and were initially charged with possession of marijuana less than an ounce, disorderly house and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

The office on March 13 filed the misdemeanor accusations against the couple. Both are charged with two counts each of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Jeff Cantrell faces an additional count of possession of marijuana less than an ounce.

The Solicitor General’s Office is tasked with investigating, charging and prosecuting criminal misdemeanor, traffic and ordinance violation cases in Cherokee County State and Magistrate courts.

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Christine Cantrell is a sixth-grade teacher at Teasley Middle School.

CMANS Commander Phil Price said agents initially received a tip that the Cantrells were allegedly involved in the distribution or sale of marijuana, “but we weren’t ever able to get any corroborating information on it.”

Price said agents went to the Cantrell’s home off Sixes Road, and Christine Cantrell consented to a search where they unearthed a “relatively small, misdemeanor amount of marijuana.”

Two 17-year-olds were at the house at the time of the arrest, Price noted. One child belonged to the Cantrells while another did not, he added. Price stated it did not appear the teens “were actively smoking” marijuana at the time of the agents’ visit, however.

The initial disorderly house charge stemmed from the Cantrells allowing “a couple of teenagers” to smoke the drug inside their home, the CMANS commander added.

The Cherokee County School District continues its administrative investigation into the allegations, said spokesperson Barbara Jacoby.

Additionally, Cantrell was assigned to a non-classroom setting while the investigation remains active.

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