Ex-Teacher Charged as Drug Runner
According to the Pioneer Press, Kimberly Sue Bourn, 42, an Oak Park Heights prison instructor, has been charged with smuggling drugs to inmates. Authorities found two drug packages about the size of tennis balls that each weighed about a quarter-pound, according to the criminal complaint that was filed. Each package included a bag of cigarettes, rolling papers, and hard drugs all wrapped in marijuana and then wrapped again in plastic wrap. According to the complaint, one ball even contained four ecstasy pills and the other had 7.6 grams of cocaine. Bourn said she brought the drugs into the prison because an inmate threatened her if she refused to do so. Oak Park Heights investigator Brian Derosier said authorities "haven't found anything to prove or disprove" her claim.
According to the Star Tribune, on Oct. 20, Bourn was fired from her job as a postsecondary and GED teacher after an investigation. Bourn is charged with three counts of possession with intent to sell a controlled substance, three counts of possession of a controlled substance, and one count of introduction of contraband.