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School buses, a school building and businesses at Garner Towne Square were marked with graffiti over the weekend.

IF HE HAD A PERMIT TO CARRY THAT WEAPON. SOMEONE SPRAY PAINTED SEVERAL BUSES IN A BUILDING, A GARNER MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL OVER THE WEEKEND. INVESTIGATORS TELL US ARE HAVING A SIMILAR PROBLEM AT A NEARBY SHOPPING CENTER. WRAL, SESAME PATTERSON IS LIVE IN GARNER WITH WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR. DESTINY. >> WELL, 4 OF THESE BUSES AND THE BUILDING WERE VANDALIZED OVER THE WEEKEND AND GARNER PD TELLS ME THAT THERE WAS A CHURCH SERVICE HELD IN THE AUDITORIUM ON SUNDAY. AND THAT'S WHEN CHURCH MEMBERS NOTICE THAT GRAFFITI AND REPORTED IT. NOW POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO DID IT. >> THAT'S THE REACTION OF PARENTS AND STUDENTS AFTER SEEING VANDALISM AND GARNER MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL. >> I WAS THAT FOR MY WHEN THAT WAS HAPPENING. >> I SAW THIS MORNING TO WHEN I WAS OUTSIDE OF MY IT WAS ALL OVER THE WALLS AND THEN ALL OVER WINDOWS AND A DOOR TO ON THAT SIDE AROUND 8.45. SUNDAY MORNING POLICE RECEIVED REPORTS OF SPRAY PAINT PLASTERED ON AT LEAST 4 BUSES IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING THE WAKE SCHOOLS SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE DISTRICT IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION BUT IS NOT RELEASING ANY MORE INFORMATION RIGHT NOW IN THE TIME THAT YOU WORKED AT THE SCHOOL. THIS IS NOTHING ALL KNOW NEVER, NO, NO, NO, NEVER, NEVER. IT'S BEEN YEARS AGO, BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED. NOTHING LIKE THIS. >> POLICE SAY A SEPARATE REPORT WAS FILED JUST DOWN THE ROAD AT GARNER TOWN SQUARE OFFICE MAX AND PETSMART AND BELIEVE IT MAY INVOLVE THE SAME VANDALS. I WISH THAT. >> PEOPLE ACTUALLY VALUE. WE'LL THEY SAY GRAFFITI HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THIS SHOPPING CENTER, NUMEROUS TIMES. INVESTIGATORS ARE USING SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FOR LEADS. >> HISTORICALLY, GARNER PD SAYS THAT IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY SUSPECTS IN THESE INCIDENTS, BUT THEY'RE HOPING THAT THEIR SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE WILL HELP THEM IN THIS CASE. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING YOU'RE ASKED TO CALL GARNER PD.

Graffiti scars Garner high school, shops

Deborah Romanus is facing three felony drug charges. A Garner police report identified the teacher planning to buy the drugs as "Jake, the auto mechanic teacher." WRAL News has learned "Jake" is Jake Stevens.

CAN BE WITH HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY. THANK YOU, AARON. TODAY, NEW INFORMATION ABOUT DOCUMENTS DETAILING A DRUG DEAL ON SCHOOL GROUNDS BETWEEN 2 ADULTS. ONE OF THEM, A TEACHER. >> YES. SO WE ARE LEARNING NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GARNER. POLICE ARRESTED DEBORAH ROWE MANNUS FOR SELLING OPIOIDS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS WARRANT SHOWROOM ANNAS WAS SELLING THEM TO JAKE, AN AUTO MECHANIC TEACHER WHO SARAH KRUEGER LEARNED THAT JAKE IS ACTUALLY JAKE STEPHENS, A TEACHER WHO DIED UNEXPECTEDLY 3 DAYS LATER. >> WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE CALLING HIS DEATH UNEXPECTED BUT ARE NOT ELABORATING. BEYOND THAT. THE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HERE IS THE ONE DOING THE DEATH INVESTIGATION. AND TODAY A SPOKESPERSON TOLD ME THAT IS STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES AND THERE IS NOTHING TO SHARE AT THIS POINT. AS FAR AS THE DRUG INVESTIGATION, ONE PERSON HAS BEEN CHARGED GARNER. POLICE SAY AN ANONYMOUS TIP HELPED THEM TOWARD A WOULD-BE DRUG DEAL ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. A POLICE REPORT OUTLINES WHAT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY JANUARY 13TH. IT SAYS THIS WOMAN, DEBORAH ROWE MONIS CAME TO THE GARNER MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT PLANNING TO SELL DRUGS TO JAKE. THE AUTO MECHANIC TEACHER, WRAL HAS LEARNED. JAKE IS JAKE STEPHENS WHO WAS SUSPENDED WITH PAY BY WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS THAT DAY AND DIED UNEXPECTEDLY ACCORDING TO THE DISTRICT 3 DAYS LATER, POLICE INTERFERED WITH THE SALE WHERE THEY SAY RIM ON US ADMITTED TO THE PLAN SAYING SHE HAS CANCER AND WAS GOING TO SELL THE DRUGS THAT WERE PRESCRIBED TO HER. THE REPORT STATES THE OFFICER FOUND 8 GRAMS OF OXYCODONE PILLS IN THE CAR FROM ON US WAS ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH 3 DRUG FELONIES COURT RECORDS SHOW AT THE TIME OF STEVEN'S DEATH. HE HAD NOT BEEN CHARGED. A SCHOOL DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON WROTE IN AN EMAIL TO PARENTS WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT THESE ALLEGATIONS DID NOT APPEAR TO INVOLVE ANY OF OUR STUDENTS THAT SPOKESPERSON SAYS STEVENS HAD BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR 16 YEARS. A FORMER STUDENT POSTED ON FACEBOOK SAYING MISTER STEVENS WAS A MAJOR IMPACT ON MY LIFE AND SO MANY OTHERS. I WAS ONE OF HIS FOR STUDENTS BACK IN 2006. IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR HAVING YOU AS A TEACHER AND A FRIEND I CHECKED IN WITH THE WAKE COUNTY JAIL TO SEE ON US IS STILL THERE. SHE IS NOT. SHE POSTED HER $50,000 BOND ON MONDAY. >> SARAH KRUEGER WRAL NEWS WAKE

Garner police charge woman for trafficking drugs on Garner Magnet High School campus

Jake Stevens was a career and technical education teacher at Garner High School. Stevens died Monday night, according to a letter for the school's principal.

CAR PAYMENTS UNTIL 6. >> WE'LL BRING YOU BACK INTO THE WRAL LIVE CENTER FOR SOME BREAKING NEWS REGARDING THIS STORY THAT WE BROUGHT YOU ABOUT 3 HOURS AGO. SO WE TOLD YOU THAT GARNER HIGH HAD ANNOUNCED TO SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ONE OF THEIR TEACHERS, JAKE STEPHENS HAD, QUOTE, UNEXPECTEDLY DIED LAST NIGHT. WHAT WE HAVE MORE DETAILS AFTER REACHING OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THAT HE WAS SUSPENDED THIS PAST FRIDAY. WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE SPECIFICS IN TERMS OF WHAT LED TO THAT SUSPENSION. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS COMING FROM WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT JAKE STEPHENS WAS SUSPENDED AS OF THIS PAST FRIDAY. AND AGAIN, THEY SAID HE UNEXPECTEDLY DIED

Garner HS teacher who died was 'suspended,' according to Wake County Public School System

WRAL's Chris Lovingood reports on the Garner Magnet High School teacher who died Monday night. Jake Stevens was a career and technical education teacher, according to a letter from the school's principal.

Jake Stevens was a career and technical education teacher at Garner Magnet High School. Stevens died Monday night, just three days after he was suspended.

Garner High School teacher unexpectedly dies 3 days after being suspended, according to Wake County Public School System

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Garner Magnet High School has been a fixture in the community for many decades, and now, the recently built South Garner High School adds a new dimension to this fast-growing town.

Garner public schools offer quality education in a tight-knit community

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Members of the last graduating class of Garner Consolidated High School returned to campus to mark their 50th class reunion.

50th reunion offers a history lesson in Garner

Two Garner Magnet High School students were detained Thursday morning, and authorities found a gun in their possession, officials said.