Bossier teacher arrested for stealing prescription meds

A Bossier Parish elementary school teacher has been arrested for stealing prescription medications from another teacher.

Robyn Edmonds, a 39-year-old teacher at Princeton Elementary School, was arrested by the Bossier Sheriff’s Office Monday afternoon and charged with simple theft and possession of a Schedule IV controlled dangerous substance.

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Edmonds admitted to Bossier deputies that she stole the prescription medication from the purse of the other teacher on the morning of Dec. 4, according to Bossier police. School had not yet begun that morning, and no students were present, police said.

Edmonds was transported to the Bossier Maximum Security Facility where she was booked on the two charges; bail is pending.

She had been at the school since the early 2000s and is a tenured teacher. Edmonds has been placed on leave pending further administrative actions, said Sonja Bailes, spokesperson for Bossier Schools.