Matthew T. DiDonna (12 Wayside Drive, Hurley, New York), 42, social studies teacher & head of history department at Kingston High School [Kingston City School District], Kingston, New York, "possession and sale of a controlled substance as well as violation possession of marijuana" Daily Freeman: Kingston High School teacher Matthew T. DiDonna arrested on drug charges, to be placed on leave (Dec 10 2012) [Matthew T.] DiDonna, 42, of 12 Wayside Drive, Hurley, was arrested Sunday at 3:55 a.m. by state police at Ulster and charged with two felonies: possession and sale of a controlled substance as well as violation possession of marijuana. Police said the arrest followed an investigation determining that DiDonna sold drugs at his residence the prior evening. Executing a search warrant, police said they found DiDonna to be in possession of a quantity of psilocybin mushrooms and marijuana. Tags:
Record Online: Update: Kingston High School teacher put on leave after arrest on drug charges (Dec 10 2012) Matthew T. DiDonna, 42, of Wayside Drive, Hurley, who is a social studies teacher at the school, was arrested at his home Sunday morning following a state police investigation into an allegation that he engaged in a drug sale at the home Saturday night. State police who executed a search warrant found an unspecified quantity of psilocybin mushrooms and marijuana at DiDonna's home.
Your News Now: Kingston teacher on leave after drug arrest (Dec 10 2012) State Police said Matthew DiDonna, 42, of Hurley was arrested on Dec. 9 in connection with a drug sale at his home the night before ... State Police said DiDonna was in possession of psilocybin mushrooms and marijuana.
Mid-Hudson News: Kingston High School teacher suspended after drug arrest (Dec 10 2012) Matthew DiDonna, 42, of Hurley wass committed to the Ulster County Jail in lieu of $20,000 cash bail or $100,000 bond after his arrest on drug charges. State Police executed a search warrant on Sunday at his home at 12 Wayside Drive in Hurley after they investigated information that he had engaged in a drug sale there the night before. Police found him in possession of a quantity of psychedelic mushrooms and marijuana.
Auburn Citizen: Cops probe NY teacher's drug arrest, man's death (Dec 11 2012) State police say 38-year-old Mark Conlin of Hurley in Ulster County died late Saturday night after emergency crews responded to a 911 call reporting an unresponsive male. Officials say they're awaiting toxicology and autopsy results to determine how he died. Police say 42-year-old Matthew DiDonna of Hurley was arrested early Sunday on drug charges. Authorities tell the Daily Freeman of Kingston that they are looking into whether there was a connection between Conlin's death and drug sales allegedly made by DiDonna the previous evening.
Daily Freeman: Possibility of connection between Kingston High School teacher's drug arrest, Hurley man's death being investigated, state police say (video) (Dec 11 2012) State police are awaiting toxicology results to determine if the death of a 38-year-old Hurley man Saturday night is connected to any drug sale that may have been made by Kingston High School teacher Matthew T. DiDonna. Maj. Edward Raso, commander of state police Troop F, said police responded to a 911 call at 11:19 p.m. Saturday for an “unresponsive” male. Mark Conlin of 78 DeWitt Mills Road died that night, Raso said. “There (were) life-saving efforts ongoing. I don’t know where he was pronounced (dead). He died subsequent to that (life-saving efforts),” Raso said.
Record Online: Kingston teacher faces drug charges (Dec 11 2012) State police who executed a search warrant found an unspecified quantity of psilocybin mushrooms and marijuana at [Matthew T.] DiDonna's home. DiDonna was charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, both felonies, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation. He posted $20,000 bail and was released pending future court action.
Newsday: Cops probe NY teacher's drug arrest, man's death (Dec 11 2012) Authorities are investigating whether a Hudson Valley high school teacher arrested on drug charges had any connection to a man's death last weekend. State police say 38-year-old Mark Conlin of Hurley in Ulster County died late Saturday night after emergency crews responded to a 911 call reporting an unresponsive male. Officials say they're awaiting toxicology and autopsy results to determine how he died. Police say 42-year-old Matthew DiDonna of Hurley was arrested early Sunday on drug charges.
Daily Freeman: Hurley resident's death led police to arrest KHS teacher Matthew DiDonna on drug charges, DA says (Dec 11 2012) The death of a 38-year-old Hurley man late Saturday was what led state police to arrest Kingston High School teacher Matthew T. DiDonna early the next morning on felony drug charges, Ulster County District Attorney Holley Carnright said on Tuesday. Carnright said Mark Conlin died in his wife Julie’s arms during or after a party in their home on DeWitt Mills Road in Hurley.
Daily Freeman: Kingston High School teacher Matthew DiDonna suspended without pay in wake of guilty plea to drug charge, could be fired (June 7 2013) The Board of Education has voted to suspend Kingston High School social studies teacher Matthew DiDonna without pay pending a disciplinary hearing regarding his drug possession case and plans to seek his dismissal. DiDonna pleaded guilty last week to a felony count of possession of a controlled substance.
