Overview
- Police charged Stephanie Cicilline-Given, 58, with misdemeanor cocaine possession on March 12 and issued her a summons to appear in court on April 21.
- A school nurse found a small bag containing cocaine and a plastic straw on the sink in the nurse’s bathroom at Chester W. Barrows Elementary School and notified authorities.
- Investigators identified Cicilline-Given as the last known adult to have used the bathroom that morning; according to the police report, she asked about a missing vape and said she uses cocaine occasionally but not at school.
- Cicilline-Given met officers at Cranston Police headquarters, where she was photographed, fingerprinted, and processed before being released with the summons.
- Cranston Public Schools said it alerted parents and that a full-building search with trained K9s found no additional drugs, as the investigation continues; news reports identify her as former U.S. Representative David Cicilline’s sister.