DRUGS/ ALCOHOL

Parents planted drugs on elementary  school volunteer they were unhappy with, police say

Two parents were  arrested after allegedly trying to frame a volunteer at their son’s elementary  school.

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 Rheana  Murray                                                                                                                                        / NEW  YORK DAILY NEWS

Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 8:39 AM
<br /><br /> Kent and Jill Easter planted a bottle of prescription pain medication and marijuana on a volunteer from their son's school in Orange County, Calif., police say.<br /><br />

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Kent and Jill Easter planted a bottle  of prescription pain medication and marijuana on a volunteer from their son’s  school in Orange County, Calif., police say.

A California couple is accused of planting illegal drugs on an elementary  school volunteer because they weren’t happy with how the woman was supervising  their son.

Jill and Kent Easter, both attorneys, were arrested Tuesday after they  allegedly hatched a plan to frame the woman at Plaza Vista School in Irvine,  Calif., KABC-TV reports.

Police say Kent, 38, put a bag of prescription painkillers, marijuana and a  marijuana pipe in the volunteer’s car, then called police to say he had seen her  hide the drugs in her car.

Cops responded to the scene and found the drugs in the woman’s car.  Surveillance footage shows Kent calling Irvine police from a hotel near his  office in Newport Beach.

“She [the volunteer] was shocked,” Irvine Police Lt. Julia Engen told  KABC-TV. “She had no idea where those items came from. Things just didn’t seem  to add up.”

The Associated Press reports investigators began to eye the Easters when they  learned the volunteer had been in class at the time Kent said she was hiding the  drugs.

The Easters’ babysitter, Tiffany Pan, says she’s shocked by the  allegations.

“They’re always so positive and happy, and I just can’t imagine them even  doing anything like this,” Pan told KABC-TV.

The couple, charged with felony conspiracy and false imprisonment, face up  to three years in prison if convicted, according to AP.