Students expelled for cupcake prank

JEFFERSON, La., Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Authorities say two high school students in Jefferson, La., have been expelled for placing a pan of laxative-laced cupcakes in the teachers' lounge.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said the students, seniors at Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy, not only have been booted from school for the year, they have been charged with mingling harmful substances, WDSU-TV in New Orleans reported Wednesday.

The sheriff's office said the prank was uncovered after several other students warned a teacher not to eat the cupcakes.