Stonington — A veteran West Vine Street School teacher, who is facing her second drunken-driving charge in less than year as well as a reckless driving allegations, has resigned.

Board of Education members were informed Friday by Principal Alicia Dawe that teacher Anne Collette had submitted her resignation for personal reasons. Dawe said that teacher Jackie Longo has been hired as a long-term substitute until a permanent replacement is hired for Collette’s first-grade class. Collette had taught in Stonington for 18 years.

Last week, The Day reported that Collette, who was charged in connection with a drunken-driving crash on Route 1 last October, had been charged with driving under the influence in Rhode Island in May as well as reckless driving in Stonington in April after police say she was seen weaving down Elmridge Road and throwing liquor bottles out of her car window.

Collette, 53, of 4 Woodland Court, Pawcatuck, appeared in Third District Court in Rhode Island last week, where she pleaded no contest to DWI-first offense in connection with a May 31 incident in which she was charged by state police from the Hope Valley barracks. Collette initially was sentenced Tuesday to one year probation and fined $500 and also ordered to pay $725 in court fees, attend a DWI treatment program and perform 40 hours of community service.

She also lost her license in Rhode Island for six months. But because she has appealed the charge to Superior Court in an effort to receive a jury trial, the no-contest plea and penalties immediately were vacated.

Stonington police said that at 5:50 p.m. on April 11, a Saturday, police received a report from a witness that a car was being driven erratically on Elmridge Road, crossing the center line and going onto the dirt shoulder while just missing a pole and another car.

The driver also reportedly was seen throwing bottles out the window.

After checking the license plate number, police went to Collette’s home, where they said residents were uncooperative and said the officers could not speak to Collette.

An officer returned to Elmridge Road and recovered liquor bottles where the witness said they were thrown.

Police obtained a warrant for her arrest but she did not turn herself in until Aug. 17, when she was charged with reckless driving, failure to drive right and littering. She is slated to appear in New London Superior Court on Sept 30.

On Oct. 29, 2014, Stonington police charged Collette with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and failure to drive right after they said she crashed her car into a guardrail on Elm Street, causing the vehicle to roll over onto Route 1.

She suffered minor injuries in the 8:45 p.m. crash. The outcome of that case is unknown, as it has been deleted from the state judicial department online database. That typically occurs when a first-time offender successfully completes the state’s alcohol education program.

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