Two 17-year-old boys and a 14-year-old girl have been charged with delivery of marijuana in connection with a Dec. 6 incident in which at least a dozen Naperville North High School students became ill after eating pot-laced gummy bears, Naperville police said Friday.
Emergency workers transported 12 students to Edward Hospital in Naperville after they began experiencing accelerated heart rates, agitation, dizziness or dry mouths linked to the consumption of the candy, which toxicological testing determined contained THC, a liquid form of marijuana, police Cmdr. Lou Cammiso said. None of the victims required hospitalization.
Two other teens were charged with possession of marijuana – a 17-year-old who was charged the day of the incident and a 16-year-old charged after the test results were returned, Cammiso said.
Because those arrested are juveniles, their names are not being made public and they’re being prosecuted through the juvenile court system, he said. However, he did confirm that all of them are "believed to be Naperville North students."
Cammiso added police have closed their investigation into the matter.
Michelle Fregoso, director of communications for Naperville School District 203, said Friday via email the district "does not discuss individual student discipline, and we have nothing further to add regarding this situation." Student discipline is handled on a case-by-case basis under district policy.
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Naperville Sun reporter Suzanne Baker contributed to this report.
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