A Wisconsin Superintendent has been hit with six counts of felony false imprisonment after instigating a strip search on minors for e-cigarettes cartridges.
A Wisconsin school superintendent who allegedly confined six students in a school bathroom and forced them to strip to their underwear to search for vapes has been charged with false imprisonment, cops say.https://t.co/obgzlsTGg0
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) March 1, 2022
Strip Search From Hell
Wisconson Suring School District Superintendent Kelly Casper is accused of holding at least six underage students captive in the Nurse’s bathroom. There she demanded they strip down to their underwear.
District Attorney Edward Burke Jr. says that Superintendent Casper stayed in the room blocking the door while the students disrobed.
The lead administrator of a Wisconsin public school system has been charged with false imprisonment after six female students said she asked them to strip to their underwear in a search for vaping devices.https://t.co/Jhkez1K62G
— TMJ4 News (@tmj4) March 1, 2022
In a news release, Burke stated that the students were not allowed to contact their parents or had any opportunity to leave the bathroom after being confined.
“Once the children removed their clothing, any opportunity they had to escape would have subjected them to further shame and embarrassment,” Burke continued.
Casper says this was the first time she had searched female students in Suring, but she had previously searched students in the Coleman School District.
WE KNOW AND REMEMBER KELLY #Wisconsin strip search is A-OKhttps://t.co/TSAD9dCfW2— Rainwater Warrior Princess (@MamaLiberty) February 24, 2022
“The only choice they were given was to have the search conducted by a police officer or Casper,” Burke added.
“The State concludes that Kelly Casper lacked legal authority to confine the students in a small restroom located off the nurse’s office located in the Suring School Public School complex. The facts and surrounding circumstances lead the State to conclude that the children involved did not consent to being confined,” The News Release concluded.
School Superintendent In Wisconsin Forced Students To Strip To "Search For Vapes" https://t.co/wjxgDR8Ugc via @weaselzippers
— Jon Holloway (@jonburtonhx) March 4, 2022
Burke originally was hesitant to file charges as the search did not meet the requirements of the state to be a legal strip search as the students were allowed to keep their undergarments on. After an investigation, Burke has taken suit against Caspers due to her actions fitting the state’s definition of false imprisonment.
First a Wisconsin school officials strip search 6 female students over #vaping.
Now, Idaho biz owner pulls a kid out of the bathroom and unlawfully interrogates the kid in an office for suspected vaping.
This is the crusade you created @TobaccoFreeKids.https://t.co/Mjyauso6EA
— #sonoflibertyradio (@nachtnoir) March 8, 2022
According to local news sources, the school board is scheduled to meet today over the superintendent’s actions. Casper is facing up to six years in prison and a $10,000 fine on each count of imprisonment if found guilty.
