Ohio Teacher and Teen Booze Party

(Oak Harbor, Ohio) A 49-year-old speech pathologist for the Benton-Carroll-Salem School system, Gail Browning, is facing three counts of furnishing alcohol to minors. Browning allegedly hosted an alcohol party for teens in her home. She has resigned her position with the school system.

At least five teens, friends of the Brownings' children, were drinking at the Brownings' home during the weekend of Oct. 13-15, the teens told prosecutor's office detective Don St. Clair.

Three said the Brownings came home during the party Oct. 14 and took keys away from those who drove to the home, court records show.

Gail Browning then drank beer with the group and joined in the drinking game "beer pong," the teens told St. Clair. Another said both adult Brownings played beer pong with the teens, records show.

But wait, there's more. It appears that the seriousness of the underage drinking was compounded by one teen who left the party, stole a car owned by Magistrate Bruce Winters and crashed it.

During the evening, 19-year-old Robert Booher IV disappeared from the house, the teens told St. Clair. Authorities later arrested Booher after he tried to get into Winters' home, stole Winters' Honda Civic and rolled it on Toussaint North Road.

Winters, who presides over domestic-relations cases at Ottawa County Common Pleas Court, lives near the Brownings on Portage River South Road. Authorities have not been able to determine how Booher, who said he does not remember much of the night, arrived on Winters' doorstep, Mulligan said.

Booher IV got six months in jail after pleading guilty to car theft.

Gail Browning denies hosting an underage party and has pleaded not guilty to the charges. A court appearance is scheduled for November 2nd. Since Gail Browning's husband, Kevin, was also involved, he faces counts of furnishing alcohol to minors. Thus far, he has not entered a plea.