Two California parents accused of planting drugs on a volunteer at their son’s elementary school have been indicted on charges of conspiracy and other counts, prosecutors said.
Kent Easter, 38, and Jill Easter, 39, each face one felony count of conspiracy to procure false arrest, false imprisonment and conspiracy to falsely report a crime, Orange County prosecutors said, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The Easters, both lawyers, are currently free on $20,000 bail.
The pair was arrested in June after they allegedly cooked up a scheme to frame an unidentified woman that worked at their son’s school, Plaza Vista School in Irvine, Calif.
The pair was angry at the woman because they thought she wasn’t supervising their son properly, investigators said.
So on the morning of Feb. 16, Kent allegedly drove to the woman’s house and stashed a bag of Vicodin, Percocet, marijuana and a used marijuana pipe in her unlocked car.
Investigators said he called 911 about an hour later and, posing as a worried parent, told police the woman was driving erratically in the school parking lot.
He gave cops her license plate number and said he’d seen her hide the drugs in the car, investigators said.
When police found the drugs, the woman insisted she had no idea where they came from.
A search of her home turned up no evidence of drug use, the Times reported.
Surveillance footage later showed Kent Easter calling police from a hotel near his office in Newport Beach.
Phone records showed he and his wife called and texted each other before and after he allegedly planted the drugs and called the cops, investigators said.
They are facing a maximum of three years in state prison.
Jill Easter last year published a book under the pen name Ava Bjork titled “Holding House,” the story of a “foolproof” kidnapping and ransom that unravels “into a nightmare.”
“The crime was shockingly simple and 100% possible,” a promotional video on her author website said. “No one would get hurt, and there’s no way they can get caught.”
With Nancy Dillon and News Wire Services
