2nd Grade Teacher Arrested At School On Suspicion Driving There Drunk

SUTTER COUNTY, CA -- A 2nd grade teacher at Nuestro Elementary School in Live Oak was arrested this week after allegedly driving to school and teaching her class while drunk, according to police.

The Sutter County Sheriff's Office said Monday, Oct. 2 that it received a report that a staff member at the school appeared to be under the influence. After officials arrived at the school, they encountered Wendy Munson, 57, who was in the middle of teaching her class.

Deputies said that during the encounter, Munson showed signs of being inebriated, and she was arrested on suspicion of DUI and faces charges of drunk driving with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.8% or higher, drunk driving with alcohol and or drugs, and child abuse with the possibility of great bodily harm.

She was later released from custody, leading to some thinking charges had been dropped. County officials, however, said this is not the case.

"The law gives us a limited amount of time to file charges when someone is in custody," the Sutter County District Attorney's Office said in an Oct. 5 statement. "Unfortunately, if further investigation is necessary to enable us to have sufficient evidence to be able to file charges, people might be released from custody before that investigation is done. That is what happened here."

"Once the investigation is completed, we will evaluate all the evidence and determine what, if any charges, we can prove, and those charges will be filed," the Oct. 5 statement, which was posted on social media, concluded.