A Providence teacher out with friends Saturday night has been arrested on charges she assaulted and threatened to harm two police officers, the police said.
Jane E. O'Connell, 49, of 203 Shirley Drive in Charlestown, was at Seven Moons Restaurant in North Kingstown when one of her friends fell off a bar stool, hitting a marble table, according to a police report.
O'Connell, whom the police said smelled of alcohol, confronted Patrol Officer J. Dylan Navakauskas as he tried to aid the friend; becoming belligerent, yelling obscenities at the officers, yelling: "My brother's a [expletive] Sheriff. You're so [expletive.]"
O'Connell was charged with two counts of simple assault on the officers, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and obstructing an officer in the execution of duty.
The Providence school department said that while "the incident in no way involved or impacted students, all who work in our schools and district must be held to a high standard as trusted adults in our students' lives. To this end, the teacher has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation and hearing."