Athens-Clarke County police said when they arrested a teacher from out of town for shoplifting Friday morning they discovered that she left her 3-year-old granddaughter alone in a hotel room.
Vernell G. Morgan, 60, who teaches at Glenn Hills High School in Richmond County, was in Athens on a field trip with other children and adults, according to police.
A Richmond County school official told the Augusta Chronicle that Morgan had driven with the child to Athens separately from students and teachers.