He is charged with possession with intent to deliver, manufacture or create methamphetamine, two counts of delivery of a controlled or counterfeit substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. An internal investigation will be conducted, Lewis said.Īcerra, a 28-year educator and principal since 2000, is in Lehigh County Prison under $200,000 bail. He said police told him that they do not believe Acerra ever sold drugs to children.
"I've been superintendent for five years, and I've never gotten an e-mail, phone call or note." "I've never received a complaint," Lewis said. Lewis also said later he never heard concerns about Acerra regarding drugs or pornography. "This is all bizarre," Lewis said Wednesday afternoon after a news conference at his office in the Bethlehem Area School District. Tuesday, officials said.īethlehem schools Superintendent Joseph Lewis said law enforcement officials called him shortly after the arrest, but no one told him Acerra was naked or watching pornography. Police also found a glass drug pipe and $200 in marked money on the desk, just minutes after a confidential informant wearing a wire arranged to buy meth from Acerra about 6 p.m. When police entered the office of Nitschmann Middle School Principal John Acerra to arrest him for allegedly selling crystal methamphetamine, they found the 50-year-old educator naked and watching gay pornography with sex toys nearby, sources say.