Former Missouri substitute teacher gets 10 years for trading students money, drugs for sex

A former substitute lecturer in Missouri was sentenced to ten years in prison on Wednesday after she was accused of giving students money alcohol and drugs in exchange for sex Carissa Jane Smith of Dixon was arrested last November on counts including statutory rape and sexual contact with a candidate the Pulaski County Sheriff s Office revealed at the time In September Smith pleaded guilty to lesser charges of one count of endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of sexual contact with a apprentice KRCGTV stated Smith worked in the Dixon School District as a paraprofessional and long-term substitute the district mentioned in a declaration following Smith s arrest last year She resigned in August NEBRASKA COACH ALLEGEDLY OFFERED TO 'SHARE' BOYFRIEND WITH TRAINEE IN SEX TRAFFICKING CASESmith would offer students money marijuana and alcohol to students in return for sex or to allow her to perform oral sex the sheriff s office declared in a probable cause comment Smith would allegedly meet with the casualties at isolated places or while her husband was away for work Sufferers stated investigators that Smith would have sex with them at her home or other locations such as gravel roads or on the side of the road the sheriff s office revealed One victim stated Smith requested him to have sex with her when he was in middle school SUSPECTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ARRESTED IN TEXAS AFTER ALLEGEDLY SENDING NUDE PHOTOS TO -YEAR-OLD BOYThe casualties recounted investigators that Smith communicated them not to tell anyone about their encounters or else she could get into trouble One victim disclosed Smith s husband threatened them with a baseball bat after she reported him they were trying to blackmail her with a video of her smoking marijuana with students USA In the present day announced citing the probable cause declaration Smith s sentence includes years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for the charge of endangering the welfare of a child and two years each for the sexual contact charges