Special Education Teacher Charged With Heroin Possession

SILVER SPRING, Md. - A Montgomery County special education teacher faces charges of heroin possession after police discovered she had drugs in her possession during a traffic stop Tuesday night.

Rebecca Amick, 25, of North Potomac was a passenger in a car stopped by Montgomery County Police. Police stopped the car for a speeding violation. The driver was going 40 mph in a 30-mph zone near the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Thayer Avenue in Silver Spring.
 
Police say the driver and two passengers, who appeared nervous, agreed to a search of the vehicle and to personal searches during the 7:45 p.m. traffic stop.
 
Police say Amick, a teacher at Woodlin Elementary School in Silver Spring, had in her possession nine bags of heroin. Each of the bags contained one-tenth of a gram of heroin. The drugs had a street value of $90.
Amick, who was in the back seat of the vehicle, was charged with possession and released on personal recognizance.
 
Police say the search turned up two syringes and a spoon.

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