Kilgore Teacher Arrested for Drugs

KILGORE — An East Texas teacher was arrested after a search of her vehicle turned up drugs. Nacogdoches County officials arrested Sharon Ann Shaw, an attendance aid for KISD�s Kilgore Heights Campus. Officials said Shaw, 40, and James Hodkinson, 30, of Henderson, were stopped early Tuesday morning because the vehicle they were driving had a tail light out. Officials said officers had consent to search the vehicle and found 11 grams of meth in a can disguised to look like the aerosol lubricant WD-40. The vehicle also had what they suspected was stolen property and tools commonly used in burglaries. The pair were arrested and charged with delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful carrying of a weapon.

District representatives had been dispatched to Nacogdoches County to retrieve the district�s records found in the vehicle. Kilgore ISD Superintendent Jodie Clements Tuesday night said the arrest of one of the district’s employees of several years came as a surprise to him and co-workers in the district. Clements said the district will terminate Shaw upon receiving legal paperwork confirming her arrest.