A Missouri math teacher is likely headed to prison after admitting that she had s*x with a 16-year-old student while other students served as her “lookouts”, and the boy’s dad still faces felony charges for allegedly condoning the disturbing relationship.
Hailey Clifton-Carmack, 26, was
arrested in January 2024 after a student reported their illicit relationship to
a school resource officer, and then showed cops a photo of the scratches she
left on her victim’s back.
On Friday, September 6, she
pleaded guilty to s*xual contact with a student, a charge that could imprison
her for the next four years, according to the Daily Mail.
The plea deal let her avoid
other serious charges, including statutory r@pe, child molestation and child
endangerment.
The teacher will now be on
house arrest until her Oct. 11 sentencing, the outlet said.
The boy’s dad, Mark Creighton,
has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child since he allegedly
knew about the affair but didn’t report it.
But that case is on hold until
after Clifton-Carmack’s sentencing in Pulaski County, Missouri, according to
the county’s prosecuting attorney, Kevin S. Hillman.
Clifton-Carmack’s plea is the
latest turn in the sickening case, which began when a student witness reported
the relationship between the teen and the Laquey High School math teacher last
December. The witness showed cops the photo of the victim’s torn-up back, which
Clifton-Carmack allegedly mauled when the two had s*x in the witness’s
driveway.
The math teacher — a divorced
mother of two — had gotten in trouble with school officials before for getting
too close to the students, the witness added.
She also often wore revealing
clothing, like low-cut shirts and tight leggings. Clifton-Carmack denied the
relationship when detectives caught up with her on Dec. 8, 2023.
Cops confiscated her phone, and
eventually found text messages illuminating the risqué relationship, court
documents said.
She took off just before
Christmas, allegedly heading to Texas so she could visit family. But her
roommates said she’d moved permanently and weren’t sure if she was coming back.
In January, the Garden Ridge
Police Department arrested her in Comal County, Texas, and charged her with
first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, second-degree statutory r@pe,
s*xual contact with a student, and fourth-degree child molestation.
Creighton, the boy’s dad, was
also arrested in January on a charge of endangering the welfare of a child
after another witness said they told the teen’s father about the teacher’s
actions.
He simply said he knew about
their s*xual relationship, court documents said. And he also knew that his son
and the teacher used students to serve as lookouts — particularly when they had
s*x during school hours.
The man “knew of the
relationship of his minor child and the 26-year-old teacher, and instead of
reporting the information, he continued to cover for them and allowed the
relationship to continue” and “even allowed Hailey to come over to his
residence and see the victim while he was present,” prosecutors said.
He also reportedly told a
witness he would lie for his son if he had to.
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