Akron Teacher Gets Prison

(Akron, Ohio) In February 2009, a 46-year-old math teacher at East High School, Elizabeth A. Douglas, was arrested on a DUI charge, registering 0.226 blood alcohol level. Since it was her fourth DUI in six years, Douglas was sentenced to four months in jail.

In jail, a search of Douglas' cell in August found contraband, a bag of prescription pills. Yesterday, Douglas pleaded guilty to smuggling prescription drugs into the Glenwood Jail. As a consequence, Summit County Common Pleas Judge Judy Hunter sentenced Douglas to six months in prison, to run concurrently with the four-month term.

Given credit for time served, 153 days, Douglas has but 27 days left behind bars.

Douglas has been on unpaid leave from her teaching position since her initial conviction. Disciplinary action by the state and local school authorities remains to be determined.