SANBORN—A ninth-grader who allegedly sold drugs on school property at Niagara Wheatfield Senior High School is being investigated by the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office juvenile department.

The teen was found Thursday with five yellow pills in the battery compartment of his cell phone; he told Assistant Principal Paula Missana that the pills were the antidepressant Seroquel.

The boy was caught with the pills after another student was brought to the nurse’s office Thursday morning for a reported drug overdose, sheriff’s officials said Monday. The student, who left his classroom unable to walk straight or speak clearly, told school staff and the school resource officer that he had bought the pill from the ninth-grader, who was selling pills for $1 each. The boy was taken to Mount St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston for treatment.

Capt. Kristen M. Neubauer, chief investigator, said Monday that the teen will be treated as a juvenile and could face a charge of criminal sale of a controlled substance on school grounds.

The teen was suspended from school pending a superintendent’s hearing. Superintendent Carl Militello was unavailable to comment.