Teacher Faces 18 Counts of Child Endangerment

Eighteen charges have been filed against a Riverside County kindergarten teacher who was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of being under the influence of methamphetamine and possessing drug paraphernalia.

Lynne Filippini, 47, is accused of felony child endangerment for allegedly being under the influence of a narcotic while teaching the 18 children in her class at French Valley Elementary School, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Filippini is being held at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside.