NEW PORT RICHEY - Two Gulf Middle
School eighth- graders each face a misdemeanor charge of disrupting a school
function after allegedly giving classmates homemade brownies laced with a
laxative, police said.
Just after 9 a.m. Thursday, most of the approximately 20 students who ate
the brownies became ill, police Cpl. Jeffrey Harrington said.
The two female students reportedly added a chocolate- flavored laxative to
the brownies in retaliation for an argument they had with other students
Wednesday, Harrington said.
The ill students were treated by New Port Richey and Pasco County emergency
workers at the school, and reportedly were doing fine Thursday afternoon.
The two eighth-graders were transported to the county's Juvenile Assessment
Center, police said.
The remaining brownies will be sent for testing to the Florida Department
of Law Enforcement.
Lisa A. Davis
