Saturday, December 22, 2001

SFGate.com

Officers from three law enforcement agencies have rounded up 17 adults and juveniles in connection with an investigation into drug activity at Los Gatos High School.

Los Gatos/Monte Sereno police said they began the sweep at 7 a.m. Thursday with help from the Santa Clara County Specialized Enforcement Team and Campbell police.

Five people were arrested on search warrants, and 12 more were picked up later at the high school itself. Some students were pulled from their classrooms.

The arrests concluded an investigation during which a police officer enrolled at the high school in September, spending the next months buying drugs from students, former students and others, police said.

Those arrested were booked on suspicion of crimes including sale or possession of marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine or methamphetamine.

The adults arrested were Luke Longberger, 18, Matt Weatherford, 19, Matthew Shearer, 21, Spencer Griscom, 18, and Andrew Werth, 18, police said.