Texas Teacher, Students, Beer, Arrest

(Angleton, Texas) A 52-year-old art teacher at Danbury High School, Robin Ater, was arrested early Friday morning for allegedly liquoring up some students in her home.

Ater has been charged with one count of furnishing alcohol to minors.

Two boys, both 16, were stopped on CR 171 just north of FM 523 at about 11:15 p.m. Thursday after having been at Ater's home in the 1200 block of Ave. I, Brazoria County Sheriff’s Investigator Darrell Collins said. The driver was cited for driving under the influence of alcohol and the passenger with a minor consuming alcohol violation.

"One of our officers made a traffic stop that turned out to be a couple of young people,” Sheriff Charles Wagner said. "The driver was intoxicated as was the passenger. We let the parents pick them up instead of putting them in jail."

The students apparently told officers the alcohol was furnished by a teacher, Wagner said.

"The officer went to her house and talked to her and found evidence of considerable drinking going on," he said. "We found a receipt where beer had been purchased."

According to Danbury ISD Superintendent Eric Grimmett, Ater was placed on administrative leave pending a full investigation.

Ater was booked and released on $2,000 bond.

Interestingly, Ater reportedly allowed her teen son to drink in the family home, which is legal, Sheriff Wagner said. However, when the teen's buddies drank in the Ater home, it was illegal.