Texas Mother Arrested After Giving Vodka Jell-O Shots to Fifth-Grade Students at School Holiday Party: Affidavit

A Texas mom is dealing with fees after allegedly giving a study room of 5th graders Jell-O photographs right through a faculty vacation birthday party.

Teresa Bernal was once hit with a criminal depend of damage to a kid after more than one scholars ate up the vodka-laced treats on Dec. 20 at Jones Elementary School in Tyler.

Students had ate up virtually all the photographs by the point workforce discovered that they contained vodka, in line with a likely reason arrest affidavit filed in Smith County District Court and bought via PEOPLE.

Bernal denied realizing that there was once any alcohol within the Jell-O photographs right through an interview with Darrin Grissom, the peace officer for the fundamental college.

She additionally allegedly stated that she didn’t understand Jell-O shot had been even made with alcohol till that day, in line with the affidavit.

Once academics changed into conscious about the location, they despatched all scholars who had ate up any of the Jell-O photographs to the college nurse. Grissom writes within the affidavit that he additionally spoke to 15 of the ones scholars, and “the majority of them reported having stomachaches and complications.

At least two scholars had extra critical reactions to the photographs.

Grissom writes within the affidavit that one pupil “told me he vomited twice at school that day” whilst some other “‘passed out’ at school that day.”

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The affidavit additionally notes that one of the vital Jell-O photographs had been lined in whipped cream and strawberries, whilst others had been extra vacation themed.

Grissom then contacted the shop from which Bernal bought the Jell-O photographs, and the person who took the order agreed to proportion her trade with the mummy.

The grievance alleges that Bernal requested that individual if there was once alcohol within the Jell-O photographs at the day of the category birthday party. At that time the photographs had already been ate up via the kids.

Grissom additionally alleges that the Facebook advert from which Bernal positioned her order obviously said that the photographs had been made the use of vodka.

“In my opinion, there is no way Bernal could have missed the fact that the Jello-O shots she purchased … contained drinking alcohol,” Grissom writes within the arrest affidavit.

Bernal was once booked into prison on April 21 and her bail is ready at $75,000.

She has but to look in court docket and does now not have a attorney at the moment.