Substitute teacher at Brookland-Cayce High School intoxicated in class, sheriff said
A 52-year old substitute teacher in the Lexington 2 school district was charged Friday after Brookland-Cayce High School officials said she was intoxicated in class.
Judith Elizabeth Richards-Gartee of Irmo was charged with disorderly conduct Friday morning and taken to a local hospital, the Lexington County sheriff’s department said in a news release.
She was reportedly behaving erratically and appeared to be under the influence of alcohol, according to a news release from the school district.
An open container of alcohol was found in Richards-Gartee’s possession, according to the sheriff’s department.
Richards-Gartee works for Kelly Services, which provides substitute teachers for the school district.
“The administration responded immediately, removing the substitute from the classroom and sending her to the school resource officer,” the district stated in the release.
She was charged and released to the care of paramedics who transported her to the hospital. #LESM #LCSDnews 4/4
— Lexington Sheriff (@LCSD_News) March 11, 2017
This story was originally published March 10, 2017 at 8:28 PM with the headline "Substitute teacher at Brookland-Cayce High School intoxicated in class, sheriff said."