A veteran substitute teacher in Clayton County faces serious charges for something that happened in the back of the classroom.

Police allege 60-year-old Coleman Eaton, Jr. was teaching a 4th-grade class at Riverdale Elementary Wednesday morning when he apparently needed a bathroom break.  Instead of leaving, he decided to take care of it in the room, and picked up a trash can.

"He went to the back of the class, told the class not to turn around, and allegedly urinated in one of the garbage cans," says Riverdale Police Major Greg Barney.

Barney tells the AJC that of the students did, in fact, turn around, and they saw him relieving himself; another just heard him.  One student went to the office and reported Eaton.

The police were called, and officers interviewed Eaton and students.  Eaton was charged with aggravated child molestation, and the trash can with the "evidence" was seized by police.  He was being held without bond Thursday in the Clayton County Jail.