ST. LOUIS -- A middle school teacher was arrested after police said he showed up at school drunk, asked one of his students to fetch cognac, fondled one student and made a sexual remark to another.

The teacher, Sterling Johnson, was charged with misdemeanor assault and a misdemeanor count of disturbing the peace. Creg Williams, superintendent of public schools in St. Louis, said he will seek to have Johnson fired.

Johnson, 55, is an industrial arts teacher at the Pruitt Military Academy.

After arriving at school Monday morning, police said Johnson asked a student to retrieve a bag containing a bottle of Courvoisier cognac from his car. Police said Johnson rubbed the buttocks and thigh of a 13-year-old girl.