Respected principal busted for sneaking drugs into prison

A highly respected Brooklyn principal was busted for allegedly sneaking drugs into a state prison, officials said Tuesday.

PS 28 principal Sadie Silver, 40, was pinched at Coxsackie Correctional Facility last week along with boyfriend Michael Acosta, 34, according to state police.

Sadie Silver

“Silver and Acosta were found to possess a quantity of heroin and suboxone, which they were attempting to deliver to an inmate,” state police Maj. Patrick Regan said in a statement.

The suspects were at Coxsackie to visit Silver’s son Alex Mercado, who is doing time on weapons charges at the prison, according to WCBS-TV.

Silver’s boyfriend Michael Acosta

They were both hit with the same charges — two counts of possession of drugs, one count of bringing contraband into a prison and endangering the welfare of a child by having a minor with them at the time of their arrest, state cops said.

The kid is Silver’s young daughter, Channel 2 reported.

Acosta was caught at the visitors screen room with two small balloons filled with drugs, according to the broadcast report.

While Silver did not have any drugs in her possession, investigators believe she was in on plans to smuggle in the narcotics, law enforcement sources said.

Silver has been widely credited with boosting test scores at PS 28 in Bedford-Stuyvesant since 2002.

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