Central Student Faces Felony Charge After Being Caught with Drugs at School

A Brookfield Central High School student is facing a felony charge after he and another student allegedly were caught with Oxycodone inside a school bathroom.

Phillip H. Wang, 17, of Brookfield, was charged as an adult in Waukesha County Circuit Court last week with one count of possession with intent to deliver a narcotic near a school. If convicted, he faces up to 3½ years in prison and $10,000 in fines.

According to the criminal complaint:

On Dec. 19, a Central High student told school administrators he heard Wang and another student crush up and snort pills inside a stall in a school bathroom. Administrators and police approached Wang, and discovered he had six Oxycodone pills hidden in his sock.

Wang, a National Merit Semifinalist and cross-country athlete, told police he found the pills inside a sealed plastic bag in a toilet at the school and had no idea what they were. He also denied snorting the pills, saying any powder found in the bathroom must be left from whomever was trying to discard the pills.

However, the other student told police he found out Wang had Oxycodone pills from a Facebook message and had been texting him in order to purchase the pills. Police searched the student’s phone and found the text messages, the criminal complaint alleges.

Wang will make his first court appearance April 16.