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Teacher From East Rutherford Who Donated Kidney Busted On Coke, Pot Charges

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – A Hudson County high school teacher involved in a unique kidney exchange that saved his father's life was busted at his East Rutherford apartment with cocaine and pot for sale, local authorities said.

Kenneth Furlong

Kenneth Furlong

Photo Credit: MUGSHOT: Courtesy EAST RUTHERFORD PD

Kenneth Furlong, 24, who teaches at Memorial High School in West New York, surrendered to borough police with his attorney on Monday after detectives searched his Monarch Apartments home on Schindler Court East and found the drugs, Police Chief Dennis Rivelli said.

Furlong and his father, also named Kenneth, made history at Hackensack University Medical Center last year.

When he was unable to give a kidney to save his father’s life, the hospital found a donor there, Carlos Ferman.

The younger Furlong – who was busted Monday -- donated a kidney to Ferman’s wife, Debra.

The exchanges among living donors in the same hospital was the first of its kind at HUMC.

SEE: Mahwah Couple Celebrates Giving, Receiving Kidneys AT HUMC

The junior Furlong -- a former high school quarterback -- remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Tuesday pending a detention hearing n carious drug counts.

An investigation was continuing.

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