Nearly six months after the principal of Westminster High School in Westminster, Colorado, was pulled over and investigated for driving drunk, the school's former athletic director pleaded no contest to filing a false police report against him. Authorities say the athletic director lied to police when he called 911 and said that the principal was committing DUI. The former athletic director, who left Westminster earlier this year, may face discipline from the school district in connection with the incident.

On Aug. 10, the school official pleaded no contest to a charge of false reporting that stemmed from the March 18 incident. That day, police dispatchers received a call from the then-athletic director. He told the police that he had just witnessed the principal get into his car and drive out of the parking lot of a local Dave and Buster's restaurant despite appearing intoxicated. He added that the principal's car nearly collided with another vehicle as he exited the lot.

Westminster police responded to the call and caught up to the principal's car. They followed the car for a while and noticed that the principal did not appear to be intoxicated, but pulled him over anyway. During the traffic stop, the police made "observations" that convinced them the suspect was not committing DUI, and let him go, according to a police spokesman.

After an investigation, police issued the athletic director a ticket for filing a false police report on April 6. He pleaded no contest to the charge on Aug. 10. He was sentenced to a year of probation and $420 in fines, and was ordered to take an anger management class.

Neither man is currently working at Westminster High School. The former athletic director is still an employee of Adams County School District 50, but district officials were expected to decide sometime in September whether to fire him.

Source: Denver Post, "Westminster High staffer falsely reported principal for DUI," Sep. 2, 2011