Meredith Grayson Watson, Covington, Georgia (arrested Nov 2012) [public intoxication]

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    Meredith Grayson Watson (Hiawassee Avenue, Athens, Georgia), technology teacher at Indian Creek Middle School [Newton County Schools], Covington, Georgia, "public intoxication and disorderly conduct"

    Athens Banner Herald: Athens man arrested after pretending Taser is penis (Nov 21 2012)

    A 44-year-old Athens man is facing criminal charges after he created a scene with a Taser on Monday at a bar downtown. Meredith Grayson Watson, of Hiawassee Avenue, got into an argument with his wife at the Roadhouse on North Lumpkin Street, then went outside and held a Taser as if it were his penis and discharged it at passersby, Athens-Clarke police said.

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    “(The bartender) stated he went outside and put the Taser down to his pants and was acting like it was his penis,” according to the arrest report. “When people would walk by he would shock it at them and would come as close as arm’s reach from them and set the Taser off,” according to the report. “He scared a few girls so much they crossed the street to get away.”


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    Meredith Grayson Watson, Covington, Georgia, Athens, Indian Creek Middle School, Newton County Schools
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    Athens Banner Herald: Second Taser-wielding suspect arrested in Athens in two days (Nov 21 2012)

    His arrest came one day after a drunken school teacher was arrested for discharging a Taser outside a bar in downtown Athens, allegedly pretending the device was his penis as he pointed it at passersby. Meredith Grayson Watson, 44, of Hiawassee Avenue, was charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct for his behavior outside the Roadhouse on North Lumpkin Street Monday afternoon. Watson is listed as the technology teacher at Indian Creek Middle School in Newton County. The school is closed for the Thanksgiving holiday, so it could not be immediately learned how his arrest might affect his employment.
     
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    Athens Patch: Man Arrested for Pretending A Stun Gun Was His Penis: Meredith Grayson Watson was arrested and jailed for public intoxication and disorderly conduct, then released on bond (Nov 21 2012)

    A bartender called police around 2:30 p.m. to report [ Meredith Grayson] Watson's behavior. The bartender told officers that Watson’s wife was a good customer at the Roadhouse, but Monday was the first time she had seen Watson, police said. The Banner Herald story says the couple were arguing about him being intoxicated as they entered the bar. Watson's wife left the bar and he went after her, but he returned and kept drinking, setting a Taser on the bar, police said. Watson then went outside and began to use the device, the story says. “(The bartender) stated [Watson] went outside and put the Taser down to his pants and was acting like it was his penis,” according to the arrest report. “When people would walk by, he would shock it at them and would come as close as arm’s reach from them and set the Taser off,” according to the report. “He scared a few girls so much they crossed the street to get away.”
     
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    Washington Examiner: Stupid Crimes (Nov 22 2012)

    Don't Tase me, bro
    A Georgia man faces charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct after he pretended that a Taser was his penis and discharged the weapon at passersby. Meredith Grayson Watson, 44, got into an argument with his wife at a bar -- bartenders told police they were arguing about Watson being drunk -- before putting the Taser down his pants, police told the Athens Banner-Herald. Watson then went outside and attempted to shock people walking past him on the sidewalk. "When people would walk by he would shock it at them and would come as close as arm's reach from them and set the Taser off," according to the report. "He scared a few girls so much they crossed the street to get away." Watson was released on $1,000 bond. No one was reportedly struck by the Taser.
     
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    Newton Citizen: Former Newton County teacher arrested after making suggestive actions with Taser (Nov 26 2012)

    A former Indian Creek Middle School teacher was arrested last week by Athens-Clarke County Police after he allegedly held a Taser in front of him and pretended it was his penis. Meredith Grayson Watson, 44, of Hiawassee Avenue in Athens faces charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct following the incident that occurred at 2:30 in the afternoon on Monday, Nov. 19, at the Roadhouse, an Athens bar on North Lumpkin Street. Newton County School System employees were on Thanksgiving break last week.

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    According to Newton County School System's director of Public Relations, Sherri Davis-Viniard, the school system is in receipt of Watson's resignation, which will come before the Newton County Board of Education at tonight's meeting. He was a technology teacher at Indian Creek.
     
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    Athens Banner Herald: Teacher resigns post after arrest in Athens for Taser 'penis' incident (Nov 27 2012)

    Meredith Grayson Watson, 44, of Athens, was arrested Nov. 19 outside the Roadhouse on North Lumpkin Street and charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication. Watson, who was a technology teacher at Newton County’s Indian Creek Middle School in Covington, resigned soon after he was arrested, said Sherri Davis-Viniard, director of public relations for the Newton County school system. “He is no longer with us,” she said Tuesday. “After the incident, he submitted his resignation.”
     
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    Cov News: Teacher arrested for Taser threats (Nov 27 2012)

    Meredith Grayson Watson, 44, whose address is in Athens, was charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication around 2:30 p.m. outside an Athens bar. Reports from the Athens-Clarke County Police Department indicate they were called to the bar by the bartender, who reported that Watson was using his Taser inside the bar. When they arrived, Watson was sitting at the bar. Officers spoke with him and he reportedly denied having a Taser. Another bar patron had taken it from him already and gave it to officers.
     
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    Augusta Chronicle: Ga. teacher quits after stun gun -sex organ arrest (Nov 28 2012)

    A middle school teacher resigned following his arrest outside of a downtown Athens bar where police said he held a stun gun as if it were his penis, discharging the device at passersby ... “He is no longer with us,” [Sherri Davis-Viniard, director of public relations for the Newton County school system] said Tuesday. “After the incident, he submitted his resignation.”
     
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    Newton Citizen: School board approves teacher resignation after Athens arrest (Nov 28 2012)

    The Newton County Board of Education approved the resignation of an Indian Creek Middle School teacher who was arrested last week in Athens after he allegedly held a Taser in front of him and pretended it was his penis. Meredith Grayson Watson, who was a technology teacher at ICMS, had submitted his resignation, effective Nov. 26, citing personal reasons. The school board unanimously approved it during its monthly meeting Tuesday. He had worked for the Newton County School System, all at ICMS, since August 2001.