Crime & Safety
5th Grade Teacher Gave Student Vodka, Vape Pens: Mercer Co. Prosecutor
Authorities charged Jennifer Debiec, 39, who taught at Mercerville Elementary School in Hamilton.
MERCER COUNTY, NJ — A fifth-grade teacher has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after she provided a 13-year-old with vodka, vape pens and THC drops, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said Wednesday.
Jennifer Debiec, 39, of Mercerville Elementary School in Hamilton was charged following an investigation conducted by the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit, Onofri said.
Debiec, a resident of Bordentown, provided the boy with vodka, vape pens and THC drops for around two and a half years, according to authorities .
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The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the prosecutor’s SVU at (609) 989-6568.
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