A New York faculty district superintendent who crowd surfed amongst college students at a highschool soccer sport on Friday evening was arrested shortly afterward on suspicion of drunken driving and charged with DWI, police stated.
Police say Baldwinsville Central Faculty District Superintendent Jason D. Thomson, 48, was seen reveling within the pupil part at Baker Excessive Faculty in Baldwinsville, about 13 miles northwest of Syracuse.
Pictures and movies of Thomson crowd browsing have circulated on social media and local news outlets.
Thomson’s actions on the sport drew consideration to himself and put him on legislation enforcement’s radar, Baldwinsville police stated in a press release.
“Jason Thomson, had been noticed by quite a few people, ‘crowd browsing’ within the pupil part of the bleachers,” the assertion stated.
“Following the incident, a number of college students reported to the district employees that they suspected that Mr. Thomson was drunk. This data was relayed to members of the Baldwinsville Police Division that have been on the occasion.”
Shortly after he was noticed crowd browsing on the sport, the assertion stated an officer noticed Thomson driving and not using a entrance plate and noticed him make a flip with out utilizing a flip sign at about 8:10 p.m.
The officer detected alcohol use and subject sobriety assessments have been carried out on Thomson, police stated within the assertion. He was arrested and charged with driving whereas intoxicated, driving with a blood alcohol stage better than .08%, failing to make use of a flip sign and having no entrance license plate.
Thomson was booked and launched on his personal recognizance, police stated. He has a scheduled listening to on Oct. 26.
Thomson declined an NBC Information request for touch upon Monday. The district’s faculty board was not reached.
In a press release to NBC affiliate WSTM of Syracuse, the Baldwinsville Board of Training stated it “will take acceptable motion if warranted.”
“It’s the expectation our district employees serves as position fashions for our college students in any respect occasions,” the varsity board stated.
WSTM additionally studies the board will maintain a particular assembly Monday, the place it can talk about “the employment historical past of a specific individual or company.”
