Pittsburgh Substitute Teacher Overdoses on Heroin in Classroom

Arrested after passing out in front of students

Police say that a substitute teacher in a Pittsburgh-area high school passed out in class after allegedly being high on heroin.

Bellevue Police Sgt. Mike Hudson says 26-year-old Christopher Chiappetta of Pittsburgh was arrested Wednesday after he passed out in front of 11 students, TV station KDKA reports.

Authorities say they found four baggies of heroin in Chiapetta's pocket and marijuana in his car, and that he confessed to using heroin around 6 a.m. Wednesday.