Updated at 11:39 a.m., Thursday, June 14, 2007
Kailua teacher pleads guilty to drug, firearm charges
By KEN KOBAYASHI
Advertiser Courts Writer
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Bronwyn Kugle, a Ka'elepulu Elementary School resource teacher, pleaded guilty to charges that included conspiring to traffic in cocaine and a drug known as Ecstasy. She also pleaded guilty to being a drug user who kept a loaded revolver in a drawer at her home.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Kawahara said Kugle was arrested after authorities intercepted a parcel going from California to her Kailua home that contained more than 2 pounds of cocaine and nearly 989 tablets of MDMA, also known as Ecstasy.
The conspiracy charge carries a prison term of at least five years, according to federal law.
U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway scheduled sentencing for Oct. 1.
Kugle, who was arrested in February, tearfully pleaded guilty and said her illegal drug activities was "very embarrassing" because she's a school teacher.
"I'm really sorry," she told the judge.
