Two Teachers Hammered

(Clay County, Indiana) Two area teachers, Melinda Ellis and Anita Miller, were arrested last evening for a variety of offenses related to being intoxicated and wrecking their 2003 Jeep Liberty. The vehicle ended up in a ditch with the front end nearly vertical in the air.

Melinda Ellis teaches science at White River Jr.-Sr. High School.

Melinda Ellis, the driver of the vehicle, approached the officers. Police say she smelled of alcohol, and the deputies administered a field block alcohol test.

She registered 0.12 blood alcohol content (BAC). The officers also discovered an undetermined amount of marijuana on her person.

Ellis was arrested on charges of operating while intoxicated, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.

Anita Miller teaches physical education at North Clay Middle School.

Officers at the scene say the vehicle's passenger, Anita Miller, was not only intoxicated but disorderly. They say at one point she stumbled out into the roadway, dropped her pants to her ankles, and began to urinate on the ground.

Miller's BAC registered 0.17. She was arrested on charges of public intoxication, public nudity, and disorderly conduct.

The story doesn't end there.

At the Clay County Jail, Miller's raucous behavior continued. While in book-in, she dropped her pants again, exposing herself to the jail staff. Officers put her in a padded cell.

Ellis and Miller have been placed on administrative leave from their teaching positions.