A former Marshalltown teacher already facing child endangerment charges is now accused of driving while intoxicated. Ali Leavy is now accused of O-W-I. According to a criminal complaint Leavy crashed near South 2nd Street and West Linn street in Marshalltown. Court documents say she admitted to authorities that she had been drinking. Leavy is also charged with child endangerment in a 2024 case. Investigators say she taped a child to a chair at First United Methodist Church in Marshalltown. Court records say she was a teacher with Mid-Iowa Community Action Head Start at the tim
Former Marshalltown teacher arrested for OWI amid child endangerment case
A former teacher from Marshalltown, already facing child endangerment charges, was arrested for driving while intoxicated following a crash on Tuesday night.
Updated: 9:40 PM CDT Oct 16, 2025
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Former Marshalltown teacher, Ali Leavy, was arrested Tuesday night for driving while intoxicated after a crash in Marshalltown. Leavy is already facing child endangerment charges from a 2024 case. According to the criminal complaint, the crash happened near the intersection of South Second Street and West Linn Street. Leavy admitted to police she had been drinking and failed a field sobriety test.This arrest comes as Leavy is expected to find out the verdict in her child endangerment case. She was arrested in 2024 after investigators say she taped a child to a chair at First United Methodist Church in Marshalltown. Court records say she was a teacher with Mid-Iowa Community Action Head Start at the time. Leavy faces three counts of child endangerment, and a verdict will be announced at a hearing on Friday.
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa —
Former Marshalltown teacher, Ali Leavy, was arrested Tuesday night for driving while intoxicated after a crash in Marshalltown. Leavy is already facing child endangerment charges from a 2024 case.
According to the criminal complaint, the crash happened near the intersection of South Second Street and West Linn Street. Leavy admitted to police she had been drinking and failed a field sobriety test.
This arrest comes as Leavy is expected to find out the verdict in her child endangerment case. She was arrested in 2024 after investigators say she taped a child to a chair at First United Methodist Church in Marshalltown. Court records say she was a teacher with Mid-Iowa Community Action Head Start at the time. Leavy faces three counts of child endangerment, and a verdict will be announced at a hearing on Friday.
