New Jersey Teacher Drunk in Class

(Manalapan, New Jersey) A 54-year-old 4th-grade teacher at Pine Brook School, Mary J. Kaminski, was arrested on Wednesday for drinking and being intoxicated while teaching. Apparently, Kaminski was so drunk that she fell in the classroom and had to be hospitalized.

Kaminski was charged with having "in her possession and under her control an alcoholic beverage while on school property," and "becoming highly intoxicated while performing the duties of a substitute teacher of a fourth grade classe in the Pine Brook School."

She also faces criminal charges of endangering the welfare of a child.

Kaminski was booked into custody at the Monmouth County Jail with bail set at $50,000.