Teens spike teacher’s coffee

SEATTLE – Two middle school students spiked their first-period teacher’s coffee with vomit-inducing syrup of ipecac Monday, because one of the boys was mad at her for repeatedly sending him to the office, according to a police report.

The teacher at Auburn’s Sequoyah Middle School later told police that she had punished the 13-year-old boy for being “disrespectful and defiant.”

Tuesday, a King County juvenile-court commissioner cited the seriousness of the incident, ordering both boys held in detention while awaiting second-degree-assault charges. However, she said the 13-year-old could arrange for release under electronic home monitoring.

The second boy, 14, who police say brought the ipecac syrup to school from home, may not be released because he has a prior conviction for exposing himself to a 10-year-old girl last year, the commissioner said. The teen was due to be sentenced on that charge today.

Charges were expected to be filed by Thursday, said Dan Donohoe, spokesman for the King County Prosecutor’s Office.

The report says Pense noticed right away that something was wrong with the coffee, and then quickly fell ill and asked another teacher to take over her class.