A teacher in Wisconsin has been arrested after it was discovered that she was snorting cocaine on the job — in a bathroom used by kindergarteners.
Laurie Laubenstein was arrested for possession of cocaine on Thursday, February 19. She was taken to Waupaca County Jail, and as of Friday, February 20, had been released.
Laubenstein, 58, was taken into custody after an anonymous tipster alerted a school resource officer at Lincoln Elementary School in New London, Wisconsin, about “a change in the teacher’s behavior,” according to a criminal complaint reviewed by Law & Crime.
The informant told the school resource officer that she found powder on the counter of the bathroom in Laubenstein’s classroom, as well as bloody tissues in the garbage.
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Additionally, the tipster told police that Laubenstein had begun “behaving differently.” She said that the teacher appeared more “scatterbrained” than usual and was “easily losing focus.”
The tipster went on to tell the officer that she shared her concerns with the school principal, though she felt that they weren’t taken seriously. She added that a second person said they had observed the same behavior from Laubenstein and found bloody tissues after the teacher used a different private bathroom.
After the second individual went to the principal with their concerns, the principal spoke to Laubenstein and concluded that “the children were not at risk.”
While Laubenstein and the school principal did have a conversation, the tipster said that nothing changed and told the officer that she found more powder on Laubenstein’s desk chair and on the bathroom counter.
The officer then went into the bathroom and found powder on the counter. He ran an on-site drug test on the powder, which tested negative for cocaine. However, the officer wasn’t convinced the powder wasn’t cocaine and said he believed the substance had been “compromised.”
He then collected more of the powder from the bathroom, and the second test came back positive for cocaine.
Police showed up at the school’s parking lot on February 12 with a K9 “sniff” unit, and they were alerted to the presence of cocaine in Laubenstein’s Buick Envision SUV. Laubenstein, who was inside the school, was then asked to come out to the parking lot.
Authorities found that Laubenstein had cocaine in her purse and in her coat pocket, though nothing was found inside of the vehicle.
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She was brought to the New London Police station and was read her Miranda Rights before she spoke to investigators. She told officers that her drug use was tied to a family-related incident that she couldn’t “out of her head.” Laubenstein also shared that she started using cocaine after she saw a friend using it in August 2025.
Laubenstein allegedly admitted to buying $200 worth of cocaine days before she was arrested. She initially said she didn’t use cocaine “all the time,” though later admitted to using it in the bathroom of the teachers’ lounge and in her kindergarten classroom.
Additionally, she told police that “she has never left cocaine in the bathroom and always cleans up after herself.”
Laubenstein has since been placed on administrative leave following her arrest, according to WBAY.
It is not currently clear if Laubenstein has entered a plea or retained legal representation. She is scheduled to appear back in court on March 17.
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