Hey, go get my cognac!

**TheeBadOne** · 05-24-06, 12:34 PM

Teacher accused of arriving at school drunk

Man arrested after asking student to fetch cognac, fondling another

ST. LOUIS - A middle school teacher was arrested after police said he showed up at school drunk, asked one of his students to fetch cognac, then fondled a student and made a sexual remark to another.

The teacher, Sterling Johnson, was charged with misdemeanor assault and a misdemeanor count of disturbing the peace. The school system will seek to have him fired, said Creg Williams, superintendent of public schools in St. Louis.

Johnson, 55, is an industrial arts teacher at the Pruitt Military Academy, a magnet school in the district.

After arriving at school Monday morning, police said Johnson asked a student to retrieve a bag containing a bottle of cognac from his car. Police then said Johnson rubbed the buttocks and thigh of a 13-year-old girl and directed a sexual remark at another 13-year-old girl.

The principal ordered the teacher, who has been teaching for 22 years, to leave after becoming aware of his behavior, police said. Johnson complied but returned a short time later and was arrested. Williams said a hidden bottle of liquor was found in Johnson's classroom.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12948177/

**Ducky** · 05-24-06, 12:36 PM

"Industrial Arts"... Isn't that what we used to call shop class?

**kdm0409** · 05-24-06, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by Ducky

"Industrial Arts"... Isn't that what we used to call shop class?

Yeah I think so, guess they are trying to be politically correct!

Also, why wasn't he arrested for public intox? I would have thought that would have been a good charge!

**jmur5074** · 05-24-06, 01:56 PM

In MN it's at LEAST 5th degree sexual assault....as the inner thighs are considered an "intimate part"

I don't know the sex assault elements off of the top of my head, but there has to be another sex assault charge for touching a 13 yr old...I just can't remember what degree. All felonies though.