Ex-teacher accused of paying students for sex, loading them up with booze and drugs finds out her fate
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Victims claimed that Smith would have sex with them at her house as well as other locations, including on roadsides.
The day after Smith’s Nov. 12, 2024, arrest, Dixon R-I School District Superintendent Travis Bohrer revealed to parents that the district had received a report of possible misconduct by Smith earlier in the year from at least one student and had notified the relevant authorities.
Bohrer noted, “This is very disturbing and distressing information for everyone in our school community.”
While out on bond, Smith was arrested again in September and charged with tampering with a witness after court documents say she was caught at the home of one of her victims, the sheriff’s office confirmed to USA Today.
The former teacher’s $250,000 bond was revoked on Sept. 10.
“The defendant was ordered to have no contact with any victim in this case,” noted prosecuting attorney Jeffrey Thomas. “The defendant has failed to follow a course of good conduct.”
Smith pleaded guilty to lesser charges of two counts of sexual contact with a student and one count of first degree endangering the welfare of a child/sexual conduct on Sept. 17, reported KRCG-TV, and faced as many as 12 years in prison.
Smith instead received a sentence Wednesday of 10 years behind bars, the station said in a separate story.
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