NC teacher arrested after drug bust

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — A first-grade teacher in Fayetteville has been suspended with pay after being arrested in a drug bust.

Fayetteville police arrested 34-year-old Antonisha Chambers on Friday.

The E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary teacher was one of two people charged with trafficking 4 pounds of methamphetamine, according to police.

June Callender recently had her daughter removed from Chambers’ first-grade class.

“She had called my daughter dumb. She did not deny that she was saying those things. She said it was part of her culture,” Callender said.

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