Thursday, January 24, 2013
Defense attorney says she is "taking all of the right steps"
Prosecutors and the defense in the case of a Conestoga High School chemistry teacher found collapsed and allegedly drunk in the school have struck a deal. Under the arrangement the misdemeanor charges against Carol Wittschieben would eventually be removed from her record. Defense Attorney Robert J. Donatoni of West Chester says his client is seeking medical treatment in the wake of being found on the floor of a Conestoga High School lab prep room in December. Police say she had a blood alcohol level of 0.32 when she was transported to Paoli Hospital for treatment. Under the deal the charge of Endangering the Welfare of Children would be reduced to Reckless Endangering. Then if Wittschieben completes court order steps under a first …
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Tredyffrin Township Police charge an AP Chemistry teacher after she leaves students alone and collapses in an adjacent room.
A Conestoga High School science teacher is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday morning for a hearing on charges stemming from a Decembe incident in her science lab and an adjoining lab prep room. Tredyffrin Township Police have charged a 42-year-old Conestoga High School Chemistry teacher with one misdemeanor count of endangering the welfare of children after she collapsed in an adjacent lab prep room while her AP Chemistry students took a test in a classroom. The incident happened at noon on December 10 inside the high school. According to court documents filed in the case, Carol Wittschieben was found on the floor of a lab prep room next to a chemistry classroom. According to allegations made in court documents she was "mostly …
Friday, December 21, 2012
Tredyffrin Police say a teacher who collapsed at Conestoga High School used a water bottle to conceal alcohol.
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Friday, December 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." According to an affidavit of probable cause filed in Devon District Court a medic "detected an odor of alcoholic beverage eminating from Wittschieben." Before the teacher was loaded into an ambulance for the ride to Paoli Hospital another teacher who had discovered Wittschieben on the flood gave the Witschieben's purse to the ambulance crew so that she would have it at the hospital. Police say the purse contained an 8 ounce …
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Tredyffrin Township Police charge an AP Chemistry teacher after she leaves students alone and collapses in an adjacent room.
- POLICE & FIRE
- Bob Byrne
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Tredyffrin Township Police have charged a 42-year-old Conestoga High School Chemistry teacher with one misdemeanor count of endangering the welfare of children after she collapsed in an adjacent lab prep room while her AP Chemistry students took a test in a classroom. The incident happened at noon on December 10 inside the high school. According to court documents filed in the case, Carol Wittschieben was found on the floor of a lab prep room next to a chemistry classroom. According to allegations made in court documents she was "mostly unresponsive" when EMS and police first arrived. In a criminal complaint filed by Tredyffrin Police in the case, Wittschieben is accused of having a blood alcohol level of ".32%" when she was taken to Paoli…
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Conestoga High School
200 Irish Rd, Berwyn, PA
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Bumble Bee
11:15 am on Sunday, January 27, 2013
Alcohol consumption contributes to loss of inhibition and it's effect on the pre frontal cortex portion of the brain, which controls decision making, makes it impossible for a person to maintain rational thought processes thereby rendering it impossible for the person to make a conscious choice. What I find remarkable is that not person who worked with her or studied under her had the first … more ›