Canandaigua, New York (The Weekly Vice) -- Jennifer Ortman, 32, a former Music teacher at a Victor Primary School has been convicted on multiple charges after showing up to class drunk, wrecking multiple cars and then leaving the scene of an accident.
On Friday, an Ontario County Court jury hearing the case declared Ortman guilty on charges of driving while intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident without reporting and two counts of criminal mischief. The DUI was classified as a felony charge because Ortman had been convicted of drunk driving just three weeks prior to the incident.
Ortman will appear in court again on May 5 for sentencing.
Ortman was arrested in June of last year after a parent saw the boozing teacher hit two cars as she attempted to park her car at school. The witness testified that Ortman staggered into school with "extremely poor balance."
Ontario County Deputies were called to the scene and requested that the teacher be pulled from class for a field sobriety test. She reportedly failed several of the tests and then refused to submit to a breath test.
Further tests determined that Ortman was also under the influence of Xanax at the time.
Following the five day trial, jurors deliberated for two days before rendering a decision.
The Weekly Vice Opinion:
Anyone wanna take a guess as to what the sentence will be? I say she gets no more than one week in jail...and more likely will be on short term house arrest.
We'd ask how many readers would opt to keep her entertained while on house arrest, but that might set off a stampede.
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I hope she realizes she has an alcohol problem and seeks help! They should sentence her to 90 days in a rehab facility and then mandatory daily AA meetings.
Seems like a lot of these drunk teacher stories lately. My daughter inlaw is a grade school teacher and the pressure nowdays is incredible. This lady has already ruined her career. I hope she gets help so her life isn't ruined as well.
She'll probably get a little AA, but there won't be any jail time. Just look at her. No judge is going to throw her in prison
one could claim that they failed a course because the instructor was "tore down" to a point that most of the lessons did not make sense....
anyway, she had over a year to go though AA or something similar to avoid jail time....but that would be admitting guilt?
why in the hell has this gone to trial?
did her lawyer seriously thought she could beat this rap?
LOL!!!!
Ruining your career these days is tantamount to ruining your life. It's no wonder you have more cases like this.
Jay, I'd say she could have done AA based on her prior conviction for DUI. And a 5 day trial over the issue seems to me to be a good sign she fought the process from start to finish. She may end up with a harsher sentence than she would have if she had plea bargained it.
Kris, btw... email me sometime, I have something to share you might find interesting
Small wonder she was drunk. She just went through a very nasty break-up.
Her boyfriend broke up with her right before he went to his third hour algebra class.
Why would this go to trial? Because obviously there's way more to this story than this qualfied website has to report. Here's a suggestion - get the facts straight before you post comments on something because to someone that knows the entire story you all sound ignorent and stupid. Don't believe everything you read in the Daily Messenger as the absolute truth - let's not forget this is Ontario County. One-sided reporting, true journalistic integrity there. Danny Vice? I've never even heard of you - but get a life.
anonymous, I'll leave your comment up so you can reflect on your inability to read.
The case didn't go right to trial. If you had read the article, you'd see the incident occurred last june.
Secondly, I've seen the Ontario County Sheriff's report on this case. that is what the article is written on.
If you want to argue and pretend you know everything, then go argue with the deputy who made the arrest.
Continuing to argue about a case after the woman has already been convicted is a waste of time. Now run along and play bullshit games somewhere else.
Come over to my house toots! You can get stupid drunk and I'll scribble a name on those dumb AA sheets. She looks like she'd be "fun" while being a slurry wreck...
I worked with her at a nightclub in Champaign, Illinois. She was a bartender. She was also teaching music (middle school) at that time.
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