Carissa Jane Smith, Dixon, Missouri sub teacher sentenced to ten years jail for sexually assaulting minor student along with trading money, drugs, alcohol for sexual services.
A former ‘married’ substitute teacher in Missouri was sentenced to 10 jail for giving students money, alcohol and drugs in exchange for sex.
Carissa Jane Smith, 31, of Dixon, was arrested last November on 19 counts, including statutory rape and sexual contact with a student, the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook release at the time.
In September, who last taught at Dixon Middle School pleaded guilty to lesser charges of one count of endangering the welfare of a child, and two counts of sexual contact with a student, KRCGTV reported.
Dixon middle school teacher offered student minor victims mix of cash, marijuana or alcohol in exchange for sex
Smith worked in the Dixon School District as a paraprofessional and long-term substitute, the district said in a statement following Smith’s arrest last year. She resigned in August 2024.
Smith according to her student victims, would offer money, marijuana and alcohol in return for sex or to allow her to perform or*l sex, the sheriff’s office said in a probable cause statement.
Documents stated the female educator paying underage students $100 or more either in cash or through CashApp in exchange for sex acts along with booze or weed. Smith would allegedly meet with the victims at isolated places or while her husband was away for work.
Victims told 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 said. One victim said Smith asked him to have sex with her when he was in middle school.
In some instances, where her victims resisted, Smith would offer her student vicitm more money until complying.
Abuse of position of authority, trust and power
The victims told investigators that Smith told them not to tell anyone about their encounters or else she could get into trouble.
One victim said Smith’s husband threatened them with a baseball bat after she told him they were trying to blackmail her with a video of her smoking marijuana with students, USA Today reported, citing the probable cause statement.
In another episode, upon being told by a student that they had taped an interlude, Smith is alleged to have ‘smashed’ the student’s phone to destroy the recording, court documents alleged.
In another instance, Smith’s brother-in-law is alleged to have caught her in bed with an underage student after he had heard a rumor about a circulating video.
Dixon School District expressed their shock in a statement, labelling Smith’s alleged crimes as ‘disturbing and distressing.’
Smith’s sentence includes six 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.
