ZELIENOPLE — A Glade Run Lutheran Services employee is charged with endangering the welfare of children after he allegedly overdosed on drugs Aug. 23.

Paul A. Ream, Jr., 37, of Cranberry Township was found by a co-worker in a bathroom at Glade Run, “lying face down in a puddle of water,” according to a police report.

He was “unresponsive” and “sweating profusely” as emergency personnel tended to him, according to a police document.

Police said they found a hypodermic needle and an empty stamp bag on Ream, and in a nearby nap sack police said they found: seven empty heroin bags, two hypodermic needles, one razor blade, a plastic teaspoon, two Q-tips, a rubber band and a plastic tube that “appeared to have vapor oil” inside.

Ream told law enforcement he used three bags of heroin, the report states.

He was transported to Butler Memorial Hospital for treatment, but not before a bottle of various pills was recovered from his pants pocket.

Some of the pills found in the bottle included Amphetamine Dextroamphetamine, a Schedule II drug; Lannett 1522, a Schedule III drug; and Lorazepam, a Schedule IV drug.

A Harmony EMS supervisor who also was at the scene said Ream was to be monitoring students during sleep hours. A total of five children under 18 years old were to be under his supervision.

A co-worker who discovered Ream in the bathroom said Ream was gone for about the 20 minutes, the report states.

Ream's employment at Glade Run was terminated following the incident, according to a statement from the agency.

“Glade Run has a zero-tolerance policy for such activity,” the statement reads. “No youth were involved and at no time was any resident in danger or even aware of the event.”

Ream is being charged with five counts of child endangerment. The charges are included in a summons that is to be mailed to Ream from the office of District Judge Wayne Seibel of Evans City.

No date for a preliminary hearing has been set.