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Undercover Cop Sting At Chaparral High School: Case Study
Ethical Issue: Undercover Cop Sting At Chaparral High School
Catherine Fifer
Institute of Technology
PD100/ Pro Dev
Mr. Buenrostro
August 24, 2014

Entrapped December 11, 2012 Twenty two high school students were arrested in Temecula, California in what was known as Operation Glass House. Undercover cops in three high schools posed as normal students, to try and get kids to sell them illegal drugs. Among the twenty two people that were arrested, Jesse Snodgrass, was one. Jesse was only seventeen years old and has Asperger’s Syndrome. It was the beginning of Jesse’s senior year when he met the undercover officer “Daniel Briggs” in Art class who he thought was just another student like himself. Jesse never really had any friends …show more content…
Five days went by and Jesse couldn’t find anybody to purchase the illegal drug from. Becoming impatient, the undercover officer sent Jesse over sixty text messages, making requests, and just flat out bugging him for the illegal drug. Not knowing where to go and Jesse desperately wanting to fit in; he went to a Medical Marijuana Dispensary where he found a man who appeared homeless to him. He then exchanged the twenty dollars for a half a joint which was less than a gram. A few days later Snodgrass met up with Officer Briggs to give him the marijuana at a strip mall across the street from their …show more content…
(2014, May 2). TEMECULA: School district sues county after drug bust - Press Enterprise. Retrieved from http://www.pe.com/articles/district-694224-school-drug.html

Ruben Erdely, S. (2014, February 26). Page 5 of The Entrapment of Jesse Snodgrass: How an Autistic Teen Got Targeted By an Undercover Cop | Rolling Stone. Retrieved from http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-entrapment-of-jesse-snodgrass-20140226?page=5

School Sues Police After Teen with Autism Arrested in Drug Sting | News | Autism Speaks. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.autismspeaks.org/news/news-item/school-sues-police-after-teen-autism-arrested-drug-sting

Truong, B. (2014, July 17). Meet The 17-Year-Old Autistic Teen That Was Tricked Into Selling Weed To An Undercover Cop. Retrieved from http://www.buzzfeed.com/briantron/meet-the-17-year-old-autistic-teen-that-was-tricked-into-sel

Vice. (2014, July 16). Undercover Cop Tricks Autistic Student into Selling Him Weed (Full Length) [Video file]. Retrieved from
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