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Police: Junior High Worker Arrested For Selling Cocaine

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Police arrested a man who works for Osseo Junior High School for allegedly possessing and selling cocaine.

John Joseph Daugherty, 59, of Elk River, was charged Friday with possessing and attempting to sell a controlled substance, police said.

Daugherty did not hold a teaching position at the school, but police did not give his specific job title.

Police said an investigation determined that no one else at the school was involved in the case.

Daugherty is currently in custody at the Hennepin County Jail.

Police ask that anyone with information on the case call 1-888-988-8477.

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