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The incident took place around 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 23, when Westport Police were called to Greens Farms Elementary School for a report of a possibly impaired staff member, said Lieutenant David Wolf, of the Westport Police Department.
According to Wolf, detectives learned that Michelle Babin, age 32, of Shelton, fell asleep while instructing a student.
After finding Babin asleep, it took staff members at least 30 seconds to wake her up, and then she “mumbled incoherently” and her breath smelled of alcohol, he added.
Babin was taken to the hospital for a medical evaluation, police said.
During an investigation, detectives determined the student was not being “appropriately supervised” while in Babin’s care because “she was reportedly both asleep as well as possibly intoxicated when she was supposed to be instructing him,” Wolf said.
“This put the child at great risk of being injured,” he said.
Babin was arrested on a warrant on Thursday, Dec. 30, when she turned herself in at the Westport Police Department.
Per the warrant, she was charged with the risk of injury to a child.
She was released after posting a $75,000 bond
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