Clackamas County drug arrest, March 14, 2017

The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office says the pictured drugs and paraphernalia were in the possession of Brynne Marie Fletcher, a teacher arrested March 14, 2017, on possession of heroin and methamphetamine charges.

(Clackamas County Sheriff's Office)

A Clackamas County special education teacher was arrested Tuesday on drug possession allegations, deputies said.

Brynne Marie Fletcher

Brynne Marie Fletcher, who teaches at Alder Creek Middle School, is facing heroin and methamphetamine possession charges. The North Clackamas School District said it has put her on administrative leave.

Fletcher has worked for the district since 2012, the district said in a news release. She had previously resigned from her position, effective at the end of the academic year, according to the district.

An administrator alerted the county sheriff's office that he saw what he thought to be drug paraphernalia in Fletcher's car Tuesday, the district said.

Deputies responded to the school, performed an investigation and arrested her, the sheriff's office said in a news release. Fletcher, a 33-year-old Portland resident, is being held in the county jail on $30,000 bail, records show.

The district said Fletcher "works with a very small group of students on specialized instruction" and that it is "disappointed" to report her arrest.

The district said it hired her as an instructional assistant in 2012, and she signed on as a learning specialist at Alder Creek two years later.

-- Jim Ryan

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