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[Mr. Budd]

A school bus driver and the supervisor who let her drive a bus full of children following a report the driver smelled of alcohol have both been fired.

The terminations came during last night's school board meeting in Mt. Prospect School District 57.

Last Tuesday, March 9, Betty Burden was arrested after police pulled over her bus and she was found to have a blood alcohol content almost three times the legal limit. By then, she had already dropped off some 50 children.

Parents immediately questioned why she was allowed to drive that day, given the fact another driver reported prior to the children boarding the bus that Burden smelled like alcohol.

According to the the School District's web site, which has set up an entire "Bus Incident" page. Burden's supervisor, Vince Ramirez, said he could not smell the alcohol and when he boarded Burden's bus. He said he didn't notice any signs of impairment, so he let Burden drive. However, he was the one who eventually called police.



A future of unemployment awaits you and your easily remembered name.

[Zerohero]

Knew it would take about .2 seconds to finds something in the local paper. There's at least 2 stories per day every day about commoners, and about 1 per month that's a judge, lawyer, cop or elected official.

Orchard Park man charged with aggravated DWI
March 19, 2010, 8:01 am /

Erie County sheriff's deputies charged an Orchard Park man with aggravated driving while intoxicated early this morning, after accusing him of having a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit.

Dennis J. Spelman, 37, was charged with aggravated DWI after he recorded a blood-alcohol level of 0.20 percent, according to police reports.

While on patrol, Deputy Tom Meredith stopped Spelman's vehicle for traffic infractions on Transit Road in the Town of Elma at about 3:20 a.m. today.

4 charged with DWI by sheriff’s deputies
Updated: March 19, 2010, 6:52 am /
Published: March 19, 2010, 12:30 am
Erie County sheriff’s deputies arrested four people on driving while intoxicated charges Wednesday night in Clarence, Amherst, Springville and Colden.

Jeffrey A. Fabin, 33, of Cheektowaga, was charged with felony DWI after his vehicle was stopped on Transit Road in the Town of Clarence. The charge was elevated to a felony because of a prior DWI conviction in Clarence in 2004, sheriff’s officials said. Deputy Simon Biegasiewicz said Fabin recorded a blood-alcohol level of 0.18 percent.

A vehicle driven by Michael F. Woodworth, 22, of Buffalo, was stopped on Main Street in Amherst, leading Deputy Brandon Stott to charge Woodworth with DWI, felony aggravated unlicensed operation and driving with an open alcoholic beverage, authorities said. The felony charge resulted from a conviction earlier this month for driving while ability impaired, according to police reports.

Dennis R. Horner, 26, of Yorkshire, was charged with DWI and driving the wrong way on a one-way street after he was stopped on Main Street in Springville. Deputy Chris Parisi charged Horner after he was recorded with blood-alcohol level of 0.15 percent.

A one-car accident on Holland- Glenwood Road in Colden also led Parisi to charge Christopher P. Timm, 23, of Sardinia, with DWI and various traffic infractions, according to police reports. He also registered a blood-alcohol level of 0.15 percent.