Carol Wittschieben (Wayne, Pennsylvania), 43, chemistry teacher at Conestoga High School [Tredyffrin/Easttown School District], Berwyn, Pennsylvania, "charged ... with public drunkenness and recklessly endangering others" Email: wittschiebenc@tesd.net CBS Local Philadelphia: Chester County High School Teacher Arrested And Charged With Public Drunkenness (Dec 19 2012) A Conestoga High School teacher from Wayne was arrested last week and charged with being drunk on the job. Tredyffrin Township Police say 43-year-old Carol Wittschieben was unresponsive at noontime last Monday when they were called to the school in Berwyn. Tags:
CBS Local Philadelphia: Police: Conestoga H.S. Teacher Was Drunk As A Skunk On The Job (Dec 21 2012) ... Carol Wittschieben, 43, whom police say had a blood-alcohol content of 0.32 percent, four times the legal limit for drivers (0.08 percent). Wittschieben faces charges of recklessly endangering another person and public drunkenness after showing up at school intoxicated.
ABC Local WPVI: Conestoga H.S. teacher found passed out drunk at school (Dec 21 2012) A Chester County teacher is in legal hot water after she was allegedly found passed out drunk at school. It happened at Conestoga High School in Berwyn on December 10th. An ambulance was called for 43-year-old Carol Wittschieben of Wayne. She was found to have a blood alcohol level of 0.32.
Tredyffrin-Easttown Patch: Police:'Stoga Teacher Hid Booze in H20 Bottle (Dec 21 2012) A teacher who collapsed in a lab prep room at Conestoga High School allegedly told a Berwyn Fire Company medic that she is an alcoholic. According to court documents, 42-year-old Carol Wittschieben, told EMT's that "she is an alcoholic who had been consuming alcohol throughout the day via a water bottle in her purse."
Delco Daily Times: Conestoga High teacher accused of being drunk at school waives prelim (Jan 23 2013) Initially, [Carol] Wittschieben was charged with endangering the welfare of children, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness. The endangering welfare of children charge, a first-degree misdemeanor, was withdrawn and a charge of recklessly endangering another person was added in its place. She waived her right to a preliminary hearing on recklessly endangering another person, a misdemeanor of the second degree, and for the other two charges of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor of the third degree, and public drunkenness, a summary offense. Daily Local: Conestoga teacher waives hearing on alcohol charges (Jan 23 2013) Mainline Media News: Conestoga teacher waives hearing on alcohol charges (Jan 26 2013)
Mainline News Media: Conestoga High School teacher who passed out in school placed on ARD (Apr 15 2013) A Conestoga High School teacher who was arrested in December after police said she was found passed out and allegedly drunk during school hours was placed in an alternative probation program Tuesday, according to court records. Carol Wittschieben, 43, was admitted into the county’s Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition Program Tuesday for charges of disorderly conduct and recklessly endangering another person ... As a result of the ARD agreement, Wittschieben was sentenced to a year of probation and 100 hours of community service. She is also required to continue drug and alcohol evaluation and treatment programs. Donatoni said Wittschieben placed herself in an alcohol treatment program at the Malvern Institute shortly after the incident at the school. Wittschieben resigned from her teaching position at Connestoga High School after she was arrested. And because of this point: Successful completion of the program allows the charges to be expunged from the defendant’s record ... I'm going to flag this as a "deferred adjudication".
