teachers are supposed to be professional and must set a good example for their students but what happens when some teachers cross all boundaries here are two different cases when dirty teachers realize their lives are over okay so what's going to happen with it I'm not going to do anything with you well I'm asking Mrs B well I'm just going to be honest I'm concerned about you I have a responsibility to take care of the kids right and it's not going to be my decision it's my decision so let's see what happens this is 53-year-old Kimberly coats a third grade teacher who reached the school drunk out of her senses on August 17th 2023 school officials contacted police after they were concerned a teacher was possibly intoxicated in this footage school resource officer Dean from the Perkins Police Department interrogates her principal Mrs Donna B and superintendent Perkins Board of Education Doug Ogle are also present so um just observing you in classroom it looks like something's off a little bit and so I've asked uh officer Dean to come in here and visit with it have you you know um have you taken anything that you know do you have prescription for anything that maybe you have taken today that just seems like you're not the same person that I talked to this morning um I did take a I I did take some medication last night to to help me with sleep because I have some anxiety stuff but that's that's I can't think of the name of it right now but I could look it up when I get home okay so you haven't taken anything while you were at school no okay um now one thing I would tell you is um you know um for your employment I want you to be truthful and so um would you um be willing to take a breath ofer test if I needed to yeah okay you don't have to but if you're willing to do it that helps us have you taken any sort of medication today I'm sorry what have you taking any medication today I did take some medication this morning for my anxiety what did you take this morning um I think it's called um um Quin I'm not I'm not very good with that did you take it here at school I take it yeah I took it this morning while you were here yeah right before I came in yes okay is it a prescription cuz you changed your story a little bit now last night yeah well I took one last night and then I took one this morning because my anxiety was really like that well that's understandable but so what time did you take it this morning whenever you took it last what time was that um I'm not really for sure where's it at in your car in your classroom no I had one I took it in my I put it in my pocket and then I took it you put it in your pocket yeah yeah cuz I didn't want to bring the whole bottle in you do know that if it's a narcotic you have to have in the bottle right or you can be charged with it I did not know that yeah it's got to be in the prescription bottle did you drink something while you were here at school not while I was at school when did you drink something last night okay not here at school because it seemed that it CH I mean your demeanor kind of changed anything here at school oh I I wouldn't bring it into the school okay are you going to blow double zeros I don't know you should know if you you Haven drank anything you should blow zeros if you drank something recently it's going to show it we just find it you should now makes me think that you are not going to okay so what's going to happen it I'm not going to do anything with you well I'm asking Mrs B well I'm just going to be honest really I'm concerned about you I have a responsibility to take care of the kids right and it's not going to be my decision it's my decision so let's see what happens all right all right so you're you're going to blow into it like you're blowing up a balloon okay and you're going to keep blowing until TI until you stop till I tell you to stay till I tell you to stop okay all right give a second I don't know how to do this you're just going to blow into it like you're blowing up a blown as soon as I tell you all right ready take a big deep breath all right good job you want to tell me the truth how much you had to drink I drank last night there's no way you drank last night well I did drink last night did you drink at school is what he's asking tell us a I didn't drink at school that wouldn't blow that right there you blew two times the legal limit I did yeah here's our drink but have what's in this drink that's a Diet Coke is there anything liquor in it nope so if I go into the classroom am I going to find anything else did you go to your vehicle drink if we go out and search your car no so where did the liquor come from did you leave campus not today have you this thing is pretty accurate No I know it is I know I know it is you blew like a24 I don't know what that means what's legal limits 8 okay do you drink often unfortunately yes yes okay we can clearly see here that the teacher is lying about not being drunk she blew two times the legal limit which can't just happen because of drinks you've had the previous night can I check your eyes do what can I check your eyes yeah stand up I'm not going to go through the entire chest but stand with your feet by your side hands down to your feet side to side he to he there you go all right follow the tip of my pan your eyes and your eyes only do you understand mhm you drank recently yeah she's intoxicated um do you know your husband's number by calling I I don't want you to well I can't let you leave if you leave you're going to get arrested yeah I'm going to arrest you for D so I need somebody to come pick you up I just I I I know I've been having a hard time I just am am I going to get fired just honestly yes or you can resign you're under the influence at school with kids that cannot happen I but I can it not just be that it's in my blood system and that's why unless you were drink a ton at like 8:00 this morning I don't think I don't know how you could still be that hot I I did drink a lot last night how much did you drink I don't too much what what do you drink wine so how many how many bottles of wine did you drink uh we had the Ws did you drink a whole box of wine half a box and you stopped drinking at like 3 Presley Johnson please come to the office presle the problem is is they said you were fine this morning and then now after recently they've noticed a difference see and that's weird to me that's that's uh that that it was okay this morning I would think that it would be which makes me think that you you've drank recently it turns out that the suspicions were right and Kimberly coats was in fact drunk on the job as she failed her test and her behavior seems different to what it was this morning she seems terrified of losing her job but this remorse is too little too late we we think that you've drank today not 3:00 a.m. we think that you've drank since you've been to school and I don't believe you're being honest with us do you want to change that story no I I mean even if I did does that make it does that make a difference to to work here I I I well help me to be able to understand that maybe you know maybe do I need to be sympathetic with you a little bit I just don't believe you right now I think you're lying to us okay I drank on the way to work yeah I I I'm glad that you told us that okay um we'll still discuss tomorrow I I want to work here I I I want to work here yeah um so tomorrow at 9:00 now let's call somebody and have and pick you up no no I I can't call my husband do you have anyone else you can call okay no more games right yeah other than that uh uh my juice going to try again that layer is wine I thought that was from yesterday did you drink it up here yesterday uh well I bought it from home I have half mine to arrest you just cuz you lied to me okay what do I need to do to to make everything right I just wanted honesty that's all I wanted I I drank out of that yesterday I didn't drink out of it today you I don't believe you I I drank out of that coming to work yesterday where where's the cup that you drank out of today is it in your classroom too I don't I don't think so honestly I I thought I was doing a good job today I don't know I I don't know Kimberly coats tries to convince the detectives that she was drinking before coming to work but it seems much more likely that she had her drink in class in the cup that quite clearly R of wine well here's the deal you're under arrest so hey we're not going to sit here and wine it's that's over am I going to find anything leave on here I don't think so all right here's the deal stand up you are under arrest I'm going to place handcuffs on the front of your in front of you no no no no no no no no no no you going to come you might have to come in here finally the officer runs out of patience and arrests her for being non-cooperative after having drinks on her job as a teacher she was taken to Payne County jail but has since been released Kimberly coats was asked to resign from the job as someone like coats can't be trusted around young kids if you think Mrs coats was an irresponsible teacher wait till you find about Mr Rutherford whose actions were downright despicable and hear you talk about that You' love to see see her and like gr panties yeah I remember saying that h i remember saying that I think I said doing something about her laying on top of me yep you said you like her laying on top of you kissing you that was kind of grinding that was like an online fantasy I never really intended for it to happen this is James Rutherford a 26-year-old sixth grade teacher who was caught as a result of a sting operation Rutherford was a habitual groomer and used to seek pleasure in his explicitly sexual conversations with minor girls in this case he started talking to a 13-year-old girl Danica who was actually a decoy created by Chris Hansen and his team and was featured on an episode of To Catch a Predator Rutherford drove three hours to meet the 13-year-old who was alone at her home and this is where the Dark County Sheriff's Office brought him in we have some chat Los I talked to other guys the thing about it okay and we kind of want to sit down and talk to you about it okay there's a chat name that you used IU Rutherford IU Rutherford yes sir can I ask if I'm being charged is that fair or um yes you're going to be looking at charges What charges um right now so once we talk and we go through everything uh just depending on okay what your belief was what was actually said and everything else and what actually occurred okay as soon as we get done here I'll let you know the exact Char is against you okay okay um what was the uh screen name of the person you was talking to do you remember I really actually don't know I'd say princess Dania that's it you guys should I have a lawyer uh that I cannot answer for you you do have a right attorney as you advised in your rights did did they ever advise what what name did you think her real name was Dan Danica Rutherford tries to feain ignorance but it seems like today is not the day he can fool the authorities how old did you believe this female to be I think she said 13 or 14 I couldn't remember okay I guess first question I ask you is what brought you to the address on 5K Avenue I don't know I don't know what was you what did you believe was going to happen when you got there honestly nothing I I had decided long ago that I wasn't going to do anything physical with the kid mhm I really did I know that's probably hard for you to believe but I didn't even really want to come I told the guy over there I don't know why I was coming I my my mind told me stop she's a kid I am a teacher I've never done anything like this before and I just kept driving but I decided long before I got here that I'm not going to do anything with her I'm not going to touch her I'm not going to violate her she's a kid mhm but in your log you talked about performing sexual acts together is that right talked about kissing and I we talked about kissing okay anything else I don't think I don't know I know he talked about her dressing and that she was a virgin is that right did I yeah I didn't remember asking that honestly you told you show her your butt correct I really don't remember sir Rutherford clearly came with sexual intentions as he drove three long hours to get moreover during his online chats he had discussed in detail sexually explicit stuff with a third 1-year-old minor I decided long before I even got here though that I wasn't going to do anything physical with her but before you made that decision there was a belief that something physical was going to happen even though you changed your mind and you said that in fact I wasn't you changed your mind I wasn't even going to come up and I even called her why did you come I don't know I even called her and said you know I'm not really comfortable with this you're way too young and she said come anyway we'll just hang out I don't know if you guys have logs on my phone calls but that's that is what happened I in fact turned around and was heading home and I said I don't think I'm going to come I don't feel comfortable with this I mean I don't know if you can check that or not and she said no come up we'll have fun I was just looking forward to hanging out whatever and I went home and thought this is dumb I shouldn't go I mean on the internet it's almost like it's a fantasy like it's not real I think mhm and it kind of got real and I thought what I don't even want to it's it won't matter to you but I actually just found out a couple days ago I'm getting divorced um and I just R trying to stay out of the house and stay busy and I think I was just I had nothing else to do today and thought well I'll drive up there if nothing else and if I I even thought maybe I'll get here and turn around but if nothing else it was a couple hours I got to just be out of the house driving my car whatever Rutherford knows that he's been exposed and starts making excuses for his actions he tries to blame it on going through a divorce or that he didn't really want to be in the house right now which is why he might have made the drive and here you talk about that you'd love to see see her and like gr panties yeah I remember saying that h i remember saying that I think I said even something about her laying on top of me yep you said you her laying on top of you kissing you that was kind of grinding that was like a an online fantasy I never really intended it for it to happen I know you're you had fantasies that there was Sixx with this not sex no sir no sir I don't I never said let's let's have sex sir well I guess I don't understand why a gentleman how old are you 26 26 school teacher would even have any any thought to meet a 13-year-old girl you know what and go hang out you know what I don't either I told those guys over there why a 26y old male would type the things that he Tau to a 13-year-old girl asking her I don't know sir listen to me a minute asking her what she was wearing if she's wet um talking about her wearing her brawl her laying on top of you you guys grinding just things that a 26-year-old male does not say to a 13-year-old kid unless you have ideas or thoughts that sexual acts Could Happen sir I'll be honest with you I mean I okay with you with you were hearing everything I told you would you believe that the thought was oh I know if I was in your shoes hell no I wouldn't believe word I'm saying you would believe that your your whole plan was to come up here and have sex yeah if I was you yes sir no doubt no doubt okay the only thing shared between Rutherford and the 13-year-old online were sexually explicit conversations which mean there can only be one reason why Rutherford drove 3 hours to see her but you still come well she said well come anyway we'll just hang out well if we're just hanging out do you think it's right for a 26-year-old to hang out with a 13-year-old child even if it's just sitting watching a movie no probably not and you came from Mainville Mainville Cincinnati yeah was Cincinnati so do you feel that's odd a 26-year old man drives all the way from Cincinnati up here to sit and watch a movie with a 13-year-old oh yeah I I'm not saying I don't need help I'm not saying there's not something wrong with me what do you think's wrong with you I don't know why I did that I don't know why I've done that stuff I've thought about getting help in the past and I honestly just never thought I could open up to a stranger a psychiatrist so how long have you been doing this well like I said I mean The Internet's been around since I was 12 13 I've always chatted on there but how long have you think You' been chatting with miners I can't hear you specifics I guess I guess since I was no longer a minor I mean always chatted to people it wasn't always miners right I don't know I can't give you any specific dates honestly I'm not going to lying um I chatted it do you enjoy talking to the minor though for your gratification it wasn't just the miners it was just girls in general okay he finally seems to admit that he has a problem and has even talked to other miners before he also confesses that at one point he had photographs of miners which he claims weren't nudes but admits could have been provocative pictures but my question to you is what if you come up here and we weren't here and they weren't doing what they were doing and there was actually a 13-year-old girl in that house that was waiting on you and just bws and just panties I'm telling you bottom of my heart I wouldn't have done anything I've never done something like that with a kid you've never done something like that I know you come here the studies show that you know one thing leads to another with sexual predators apparently that's what I am I never thought I was over here Rutherford surprisingly admits that he's a predator since one thing can lead to another in such scenarios it's alarming that Rutherford is a school teacher who teaches students of the same age that he prays on online initially Rutherford tried to fight the charges but eventually plead guilty and received 45 days in jail a 36-month probation and a 10-year stay on the registered sex offenders list this sentencing should give Rutherford some time to take a step back and hopefully get his actions in check but at the very least it will keep him away from students and education institutions