… Erin O. Patton, 40, and [a Southern Methodist University] adjunct professor of public relations in sport, [last month] attempted to flee arrest from officers…
After crashing into three cars, Patton was stopped by police, who then found a crack pipe in Patton’s 2010 Mitsubishi Gallant. According to Kim Cobb in SMU’s Department of News and Communications, Patton was “suspended from his teaching duties Oct. 1.”
However, Patton’s students received a different message on Sept. 26. In an email to his students, Patton said that he was taking a “personal leave of absence” due to “family health reasons.”
He further explained that he would be traveling between Dallas and the East Coast, which would impact his “class schedule and preparation time.” …