Fort Worth Principal Arrested After Abandoning Children in Hotel (Went Drinkng and Dancing)

Star Telegram ^ | 5/8/2010 | Domingo Ramirez

[Dallas59]

FORT WORTH -- A Forth Worth middle school principal was behind bars Sunday on charges that she abandoned her children at a hotel to go to a nightclub in downtown Dallas, authorities said Sunday.

Carla Wesbrook-Spaniel, 44, was in the Dallas County Jail in lieu of $30,000 bail.

Wesbrook-Spaniel, the principal at J.P. Elder Middle School, was arrested about 1:30 a.m. Saturday in Dallas after she scuffled with a bouncer and Dallas police near a nightclub in the 1500 block of Main Street, according to a report by The Dallas Morning News.

[Dallas59]

Dr. Carla Spaniel Bio

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

“Carla Wesbrook-Spaniel”

She’s a dog.

[Clintonfatigued]

If this is how little regard she has for her own children, how can parents expect her to look out for the students she’s well-paid to look after?

[i_dont_chat]

alcoholic or drug addict. . . . my guess

[HerrBlucher]

She should have married Joe Cocker.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Or Jerry Springer..

[tips up]

Maybe she was partying with Mayor Kwame?

[easternsky]

These are the kind of People you leave Your Children with if you Public School Them. Its all about what they want, ME FIRST

[Paladin2]

Wouldn’t that make her a Party Animal?

[dragnet2]

Saturday in Dallas after she abandoned her children at a hotel to go to a nightclub in downtown Dallas, then scuffled with a bouncer and Dallas police near a nightclub

That is what I call classy!!

Obviously, she don't get out much...

[Dallas59]

Moar

" Carla Westbrook-Spaniel, 44, a middle school principal and the wife of an U.S. Army Reserve captain who is on deployment in Iraq, was taken into custody early Saturday.
Her husband, Army Reserve Capt. Keith Spaniel, is a civil affairs officer who left for his third deployment in August. Lt. Col. Kelly Broome, Commander of the 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, said he sent a chaplain to visit Westbrook-Spaniel in the Dallas County jail."

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Definately not one of the Pointer Sisters....

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Where is her husband?

[Dallas59]

See post #11

[dennisw]

The Morning News also reported that Wesbrook-Spaniel’s husband is a U.S. Army reserve captain in Iraq and that the military had sent a chaplain to speak to her in jail.

Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/05/09/2175426/fort-worth-principal-arrested.html#ixzz0nTuxNnUO
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Seeing how her husband is thousands of miles away....She was out trolling...looking for love in all the wrong places

[Islander7]

Guilty!

[Krankor]

As an instructional leader within a school, Dr. Spaniel has five expectations for her staff:
1. Be prepared daily to teach meaningful and engaging lessons.
2. Be on time and prepared for the day.
3. Be professional in appearance, behavior, and communication.
4. Do what is best for all the students in your classroom.
5. Have Fun!

[alice_in_bubbaland]

I saw that, thanks!

[Inyo-Mono]

"...after she scuffled with a bouncer and Dallas police near a nightclub in the 1500 block of Main Street, according to a report by The Dallas Morning News."

Not going to look good on her resume.

[skr]

Apparently in Iraq.

[Dallas59]

Apparently it wasn’t in a “bad” part of town..../s

[Abbeville Conservative]

From Facebook this appears to be her husband and kids. Pretty sad.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

The Morning News also reported that Wesbrook-Spaniel's husband is a U.S. Army reserve captain in Iraq and that the military had sent a chaplain to speak to her in jail.

Leaving her young children alone at the hotel aside, what was this woman doing out at a nightclub late at night?

If I were her husband here, I would be asking her this question.

[Right Wing Assault]

I like dogs. I had a bitch Wesbrook Spaniel once, but it was dumb as dog poop. Always getting in fights, trying to get beer out of the fridge when we were sleeping, always hanging around with the black lab down the street. That’s why the lady was a tramp.

[JRandomFreeper]

Her husband, Army Reserve Capt. Keith Spaniel, is a civil affairs officer who left for his third deployment in August.

Nothing like a good wife to enhance the old career.

And people ask why I remain single, celibate, and (relatively) sane.

/johnny

[Michael.SF.]

she’s well-paid to look after?

Apparently she is very well paid. The hotel in question, The Adolphus, is not exactly a Motel 6, with rates starting at $200.00 a night.

[hal ogen]

She’s a great role model for her school kids and her kids. Yet another devoted educator.

[Michael.SF.]

I had a bitch... once, but it was dumb as dog poop. Always getting in fights, trying to get beer out of the fridge

Sounds like my first wife.

[metalcor]

I suspect she is addicted to something, and with her husband deployed in Iraq...... well, a woman has needs.

[GeronL]

mom of the year?

[GeronL]

Yes, but Laz isn’t planning to marry her.

[writetolife]

Not sure that the Dream Team could get her out of this one.

[GeronL]

Mayor Kwame did move down here didn’t he?

[Dallas59]

Hard decision.....Do you stay with a woman like this for the kids or divorce her for the sake of the safety of the children?

[LibFreeOrDie]

From her bio:

Dr. Spaniel’s biggest accomplishment is that she is married Keith Spaniel...

[GeronL]

Her husband is the white Tariq Aziz?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

‘Mommy’ has a ‘widdow dwinking pwoblem’ me suspects!

[GeronL]

$200 a night.

wow.

did she plan to take someone else back there?

otherwise wouldn’t it be cheaper to hire a baby sitter?

[njslim]

The Adolphus, is not exactly a Motel 6, with rates starting at $200.00 a night.

So she couldn’t afford a baby sitter....?

[Dallas59]

She wasn’t looking for a babysitter at the club that’s for sure.

[maggief]

[Dallas59]

Looks she did more than just resist arrest. I feel sorry for her kids and Husband.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Give it a minute.....

[Krankor]

http://popup.lala.com/popup/576742245738658493

[maggief]

Very sad.

[deport]

Not sure what was going on but apparently she’d been drinking for sometime before this incident occurred around 1:30 am.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/050910dnmetclubarrest.3940f4c.html

Carla Westbrook-Spaniel, 44, of Arlington was arrested on two counts of abandoning a child with the intent to return and one count of public intoxication. Westbrook-Spaniel was in the Dallas County Jail on Saturday after her arrest at 1:30 a.m. Bail was set at $30,000.

According to police, Westbrook-Spaniel tried to get into a nightclub in the 1500 block of Main Street early Saturday but was turned away by the bouncer because she didn’t meet the dress code. She then tried to push her way past the bouncer to get inside and punched him in the stomach, police Sgt. Warren Mitchell said.

When officers arrived, Westbrook-Spaniel became agitated and wrestled with them, according to a police report. Mitchell said the officers reported that she scratched her cheeks while flailing on the ground.

[Dallas59]

Thanks Mom for being there for me and sis. I count my blessings everyday that I had you as my Mother.

[Farmer Dean]

That’s a morning after the night before picture.Wow,I hope the bouncer is ok.

[RebelTXRose]

I bet the hotel had a sitting service available! That’s a REALLY REALLY nice hotel!

[Bigg Red]

Prayers up for her husband and children.