ERIE — An Erie County woman charged in the drunk driving death of her son went to a bar after his funeral instead of reporting back to jail, state police said.

A judge had given Erin Howard, 26, of Corry, permission to leave the Erie County Prison to attend her son's funeral in Ohio, with orders to return to the lockup Saturday.

Instead, Howard went to a bar about a mile from the church where the funeral for 6-year-old Samuel Carpenter was held, police said.

Howard had been in prison on charges she was driving drunk when she crashed into a creek bank near Corry, killing Samuel on June 14.