Former Abilene ISD Superintendent arrested for possession of controlled substance by fraud
Abilene, Texas -- Heath Burns, former superintendent of the Abilene Independent School District, was arrested Thursday on a charge of possessing a controlled substance by fraud, according to a document filed in district court.
The document alleges that Burns obtained 3,400 hydrocodone pills from two different physicians from January to July 2014. The doctors reportedly told an investigator they were unaware that Burns had received prescription medication from both of them at the same time.
Burns turned himself in to the Taylor County Jail on Thursday, where he was arrested and booked. He was held there in lieu of a $5,000 bail, which was posted and he was released later in the day.
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He {Burns} resigned from AISD on Feb. 2.
As part of the resignation, the remaining time on Burns’s AISD contract was bought out in a lump sum of $407,500. On Thursday, Burns was the lone finalist for a superintendent position at Blooming Grove ISD. On Monday, the BGISD planned to “consider employment of superintendent of schools,” according to a meeting agenda on its website.
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[font color=green]Even if the doctors were unaware of each other writing prescriptions, I only received 40 pills when I was having severe back trauma.
I have a feeling that Blooming Grove (SE of Dallas) will be rescinding their employment offer.[/font]
