MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A Pennsylvania school bus driver was allegedly driving under the influence while she was busing students.

Douglass Township Police filed 119 charges, including 54 felony counts of endangering the welfare of children and another 54 misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another person against 46-year-old Kelly Weber, of Boyertown, Montgomery County, according to online court documents.

Two empty 50mL Tito’s vodka bottles were found in Weber’s jacket pocket, and a 750mL Tito’s bottle was found in her purse that she had bought earlier in the day, charging documents filed by police said.

According to the criminal complaint, a report about a school bus driving recklessly, almost hitting multiple vehicles and a telephone pole with children on board, was received by police around 4:11 p.m. on Feb. 6. Upon arriving in the area, police said they saw a bus pulled over in a snowbank in the area of Second Avenue and Gilbert Road, and pulled in front of it.

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Police said it was “immediately apparent” that Weber may have been under the influence because she had pinpoint pupils and glassy eyes, along with being confused. After failing field sobriety tests, Weber was taken into custody.

The empty vodka bottles and a receipt from the liquor store were found when police went through Weber’s personal belongings, according to the complaint.

At the time of Weber’s arrest, police said there were 26 students on the bus, but when Weber left from Boyertown Elementary School, there were 54 students on board. It was noted in charging documents that five of those students were under six years old. Police said another bus was able to come and take the remaining students home.

Video from the bus recorded Weber wrapping “items” in tissues, then bringing them to her mouth while she tilted her head back, as police described in the complaint. She was also allegedly recorded driving erratically.

Text messages between parents and the on-board students showed the children were scared

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Police said one student was dropped off at a different stop than where they normally would be, and they told police they got off the bus early because they were scared by Weber’s driving. The student’s parents were able to pick them up.

Results from a blood draw showed Weber had a BAC of 0.331 and that Delta-9 THC was also in her system, police said.

After Weber was arraigned on Friday, she was placed on unsecured bail set at $50,000. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 7.

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