Stonington — A former West Vine Street School teacher with two previous drunken driving arrests was charged again with drunken driving Tuesday evening after she was stopped on Route 1 near the police station.

Anne Collette, 53, of 4 Woodland Court, Pawcatuck, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs after she was stopped by police at 5:52 p.m.

According to police, a motorist called them at 5:45 p.m to report an erratic driver heading east on Route 1.

Collette turned in to the high school parking lot and then back out onto Route 1, when she was stopped by police seven minutes later.

Police said Collette refused to take a Breathalyzer test after being taken into custody.

She was being held on a $5,000 bond Tuesday night and is slated to appear in New London Superior Court Wednesday if she does not post bond. If she does post bond overnight, she is slated to appear in court Nov. 25.

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 her 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.

On May 31, Collette was charged with driving under the influence in Rhode Island. On Nov. 2, she pleaded no contest to DWI-first offense and was fined, had her driver’s license suspended for six months and was ordered to perform 40 hours of community service and undergo alcohol counseling.

On April 11, Stonington 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.

She turned herself in on Aug. 17 and was charged with reckless driving, failure to drive right and littering. The outcome of that case is not available on the state judicial department data base, which typically indicates a defendant has been granted admission into a diversionary progam that leads to charges being erased.

Collette resigned her teaching position in September after 18 years.

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