Charges dismissed against Petersburg School Board member
4/5/2019, 6 a.m.
A Petersburg court on Monday dismissed a 15-month-old charge of marijuana possession against Petersburg School Board member Atiba H. Muse.
Mr. Muse was required to pay court costs of $169 and accept a six-month suspension of his driver’s license.
Mr. Muse’s arrest in January 2018 drew attention given the School Board’s zero-tolerance policy for students caught with illegal drugs in Petersburg Public Schools.
According to court records, Mr. Muse’s case had been on deferred status since April 2018, and the dismissal reflected that he had met the court’s condition of not having any further difficulty with the law in the 12 months since.
Mr. Muse has represented Ward 2 on the board since 2014. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS
