Teacher From Hudson Who Donated Kidney Busted For Drug Pushing

A Hudson County high school teacher involved in a kidney exchange that saved his father's life was busted at his apartment with cocaine and pot for sale, authorities said.

Kenneth Furlong, 24, who teaches at Memorial High School in West New York, was arrested Monday after detectives searched his Monarch Apartments home on Schindler Court East in East Rutherford and found the drugs, Police Chief Dennis Rivelli was quoted as saying in Daily Voice.

Kenneth Furlong, 24, was charged with possessing cocaine and marijuana and intending to distribute it, according to nj.com.

Furlong and his father, named Kenneth, went through the exchange at Hackensack University Medical Center last year. When he was unable to give a kidney to save his father’s life, the hospital found a donor there, Carlos Ferman. Furlong then donated a kidney to Ferman’s wife, Debra, according to Daily Voice.

Ferman did not match his wife, so he donated his kidney to Furlong's father, according to The Record.

Photo: Hudson County jail