Alcoa, TN (WOKI) A Maryville City Schools teacher is facing drug and DUI charges following a traffic stop on February 8.
According to charging documents, Alex Rouse was stopped by an Alcoa Police Department officer around 2:30 p.m. for reckless driving.
The report also indicates that Rouse did not pass field tests for sobriety and that he had a folded piece of a paper with a brown, pink powder inside, which APD suspected to be fentanyl. According to the arrest record, a K-9 on the scene alerted to the powder.
Rouse was charged with driving under the influence and possession of drugs.
He was suspended from the school system following the incident.
