GASPORT — The former fourth-grade teacher currently facing her fourth charge of driving while intoxicated in 14 months has had another brush with the law.
Marcy L. Cole, 35, of Main Street, Gasport, is not facing any new charges in connection with an incident in Gasport on Wednesday night.
Sheriff’s deputies were called to West Avenue for a report that a woman had flagged down a passing motorist asking for assistance.
The motorist, an East Avenue man, told deputies Cole told him she had been beaten up by her boyfriend.
Cole reportedly asked that the man take her home. The man said when he told Cole he was employed by a local law enforcement agency, she refused to get in his car.
When deputies arrived, Cole was reportedly sitting by the side of the road in the grass, visibly upset, disheveled and crying, with a strong odor of alcoholic beverage on her person, the report said.
Cole reportedly told deputies her name was Melissa, but would not provide a last name.
When deputies asked for her boyfriend’s name, she allegedly said, “You know who the (expletive) I am. Everyone knows who the (expletive) I am. You guys are a bunch of (expletives) and are out to get me.”
Cole reportedly had a bruise on her elbow but refused medical treatment, asking deputies to take her home.
Deputies told her to stand up and walk to the patrol car, and Cole reportedly requested the deputy “sit down with her in the grass for a while, “the report said.
Deputies told her to get into the patrol car so they could take her home, and she got up, the report said.
She reportedly stumbled on the way to the patrol car, falling into the car’s side mirror, bending it back. She allegedly told deputies she would let them take her home, saying, “That would be OK. Do you want to come in and go upstairs with me?”
Deputies brought Cole home, and when she got out of the patrol car she reportedly extended her arms, requesting a hug. When the deputy said no, Cole then requested a handshake, which the deputy gave, the report said.
Cole allegedly went up the stairs to her apartment, saying, “You guys are a bunch of (expletives).”
Cole was arraigned last month in Niagara County Court on an 11-count indictment, including: three counts of felony driving while intoxicated, two counts of first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, endangering the welfare of a child, following too closely, speeding, resisting arrest, second-degree criminal impersonation and a taillight violation.
The charges bring together three separate DWI cases from Royalton and the Town of Lockport. Cole’s most recent arrest, on June 16, yielded her fourth DWI charge in 14 months.
Cole, who is out on $10,000 bail, will be required to wear an monitoring device on her ankle as a condition of her release.
She had been a fourth-grade teacher at Roy B. Kelley Elementary School until January, when she was suspended with pay.
The Lockport school board accepted her resignation in June.
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