Cash,guns,scales and cocaine, all seized Monday night from a Beaumont Independent School District substitute teacher's apartment in the 2000 block of Dowlen Road.

"It's obvious (that) he's been making crack cocaine," said Sgt. Erik Kvarme who is with the Beaumont Police Department Narcotics Unit. " We got a tip and have been investigating this teacher for the last couple of months. We believe he is part of a cocaine operation."

Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrested 38-year-old Clayton Allen after receiving tips that the teacher was involved with drugs.

Investigators believe the eight ounces of cocaine found on Allen would have been converted into crack worth more than $20,000.

"It's obvious he's been doing this for quite some time now,"added Kvarme.

Allen posted a $24,000 bond and bonded out of the Jefferson County Jail.

BISD says Allen did not sell or possess drugs on campus.

Still, Tuesday, there was plenty of chatter among BISD parents at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Middle School.

Parents were stunned to hear that a former substitute is now facing felony drug charges for the delivery and possession of a controlled substance.

"I'm glad they caught him," said BISD parent Lionel Heath. "I don't like the idea that he is around kids. Cocaine is dangerous."

BISD says Allen had only been working for BISD since September,but say he did a good job during his short tenure.

12 News has learned that Allen had a prior DWI conviction- a misdemeanor-something the district does not search for in pre- employment screening.

"They have to go through finger printing and background checks," said BISD spokeswoman Jessie Haynes. "We look for felonies."

The district immediately removed Allen's name from the substitute teacher's list, but if he is not convicted,he could re- apply as a substitute.
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A Beaumont Independent School District substitute teacher is in jail facing arraignment this morning on multiple drug charges.

At around 7:30p.m. Monday, November 2, the Beaumont Police Department Narcotics Unit with the assistance of the Drug Enforcement Agency, executed a search warrant for delivery of a controlled substance. They arrested Clayton Allen in his apartment located in the 2000 block of Dowlen Road.

Officials say Allen also has prior DUI convictions from Houston where he plead guilty.

The 38-year-old Clayton Allen is a substitute teacher at Martin Luther King Junior Middle School in Beaumont, according to the public information officer for B.I.S.D. Jessie Haynes. In addition, Allen started with the district in September 2009. And, during the background check conducted for the position the district discovered that Allen did not have any felony convictions on his record.

Previous story version from Monday, November 2, 2009:

12 News has learned that the teacher arrested last night on multiple drug charges, Clayton Allen, has a prior police record.

Allen was arrested on October 15, 2006 for Driving While Intoxicated in Houston, TX. Allen pleaded guilty to a Class B Misdemeanor D.W.I. On January 5, 2007.

He is currently in the Jefferson County Jail where his bail has been set at $12,000 on the Delivery of a Controlled Substance charge and an additional $12,000 for Possession of a Controlled Substance.

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A Beaumont ISD teacher faces drug charges after his home was raided by the Beaumont Police Department Narcotics Unit and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).

Police sources say 38-year-old Clayton Allen was arrested last night at his apartment in the 2000 block of Dowlen Road in Beaumont.

Officers were executing a warrant for Delivery of a Controlled Substance at the home and found an undetermined amount of drugs,drug paraphernalia and guns.

He will be booked for that warrant and an additional charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance.

Allen is a teacher at Martin Luther King Junior Middle School.

12 News will bring you the latest on this developing story.