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Florida substitute teacher allegedly let student take hit of vape pen

Prosecutors said a substitute teacher in Eustis, Florida, allowed a seventh-grade student to take a hit off her vape pen and later admitted to doing it. She said she wanted to 'fit in.'

A Florida substitute teacher allegedly let a seventh-grade student take a hit off her vape pen during class, prosecutors said. 

Jennifer Gaine Hale, 50, was arrested on May 5 on suspicion of child abuse, Fox Orlando reported. She was released Sunday. 

Hale was teaching at Eustis Middle School in on May 2 when a student made a remark about wanting to try a vape pen

An affidavit said Hale let the student try hers. 

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When the school principal found out he spoke with Hale, who allegedly admitted to the wrongdoing. She allegedly said "I was trying to fit in," the report said. 

She was walked off the school campus and told not to return. 

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