A 30-year-old former substitute teacher was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday after she was convicted of paying middle school students for sex as well as providing them with drugs and alcohol.

Carissa Jane Smith of Dixon, Mo. was arrested in November of last year and charged with 19 felony counts including statutory rape and child sex trafficking, the Kansas City Star reported.

Smith utlimately pleaded guilty to lesser charges this past September.

According to authorities, Smith, who worked at multiple schools within the Dixon R-1 School District, would pay students $100 or more either in cash or through CashApp in exchange for sex acts, KRCG-TV reported.

Smith is also alleged to have supplied students with alcohol or marijuana in exchange for sex.

The alleged abus

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