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The substitute Bristol Borough School District teacher charged with stealing money from students and support staff in January has had a drug charge added to her case.
According to online court documents, Kathryn Boyce, 34, had the additional charge of possession of a controlled substance added sometime between her preliminary hearing in Bristol Borough District Court and formal arraignment on April 25.
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Attempts to reach the Bucks County assistant district attorney covering the case were unsuccessful on Tuesday.
According to online court documents, the new felony drug charge was “added by information.”
The statute for new charge reads: “a person knowingly or intentionally possessing a controlled or counterfeit substance by a person not registered under this act, or a practitioner not registered or licensed by the appropriate State board, unless the substance was obtained directly from, or pursuant to, a valid prescription order or order of a practitioner or except as otherwise authorized by the statute.”
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LevittownNow.com first broke the story of the now former substitute teacher on January 30. She was observed by fifth-grade students rummaging through bookbags and the purse of a school support staff member, according to court documents.
Students told the support staff member what they observed, authorities said. The staff member then reported the information to school and district officials, court records show.
police noted in court papers that Boyce had “track marks” on her wrist.
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Boyce told police she was involved in an accident where she broke her tail bone and required pain medication that she became addicted too and when she ran out off her prescription she started using heroin, court records show. She reportedly told police the marks on her wrist were from shooting heroin.
At a preliminary hearing on March 26 in Bristol Borough District Court, Boyce waived her right to a hearing on the theft and receiving charges, according to court records.
Boyce’s attorney said at the March hearing his client would be applying for the ARD program, police sources said.
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Boyce, who pleaded guilty to a summary retail theft charge in 2012, according to online court documents will be applying for the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD). The program is a first-time offender program, authorities told LevittownNow.com Thursday.
Boyce reportedly worked the day after she was charged in the Bristol Township School District, because as one source said, a borough school district official “dropped the ball.”
Boyce admitted to taking the $75 out of the aide’s purse with some some gift cards, court documents say
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According to online court records Boyce has not been scheduled for a new court date as of press time.
