Texas Substitute Teacher Arrested After Coming to Class Drunk

[Pudge]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,355761,00.html



RICHARDSON, Texas — A substitute middle school teacher suspected of being drunk in class was too intoxicated to complete a sobriety test and was arrested, authorities said.
Thomas Brownlee, 56, was in a classroom Tuesday with students and another staff member for about 20 minutes, Richardson school district spokesman Tim Clark said. Another teacher suspected Brownlee was drunk and told a campus police officer.
A Dallas police report states that Brownlee "had slurred speech, breath smelling of an alcoholic beverage and bloodshot eyes."
The officer stopped issuing a sobriety test out of concern for Brownlee's safety, according to the report.
Brownlee was charged with public intoxication, police said.
A telephone listing for Brownlee was disconnected.
Clark said students were never alone with Brownlee, and that the district had used him as a substitute teacher before without incident.

[TXCharlie]

The officer stopped issuing a sobriety test out of concern for Brownlee's safety, according to the report.

That's usually a bad sign, isn't it?

[Rhino]

Normally this where I'd chide the teacher for his behavior. But since taking over our Explorer Post, I can't say I blame the guy. If I had to deal with shitheads like those (and Explorers and usually the good ones of the bunch), I'd have to have a beer or 20.

[CT209]

And a new charge is born- TUI (or TWI).

[TXCharlie]

The dumbass was on TV this morning saying that he just had a "couple of glasses of wine" at lunch and was never drunk - So I guess it was a big racial conspiracy and the officer either lied about everything, or was too dumb to see that he wasn't falling-down drunk.

He sounded like he was still drunk.