A disgraced former substitute teacher in Missouri has been handed a 10-year prison sentence after the 31-year-old was accused of giving students cash, booze and drugs in exchange for sex.

Carissa Jane Smith , of Dixon, Mo., was arrested in November 2024 on 19 counts including statutory rape and sexual contact with a student, the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office said at the time.

Smith pleaded guilty in September to lesser charges of one count of endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of sexual contact with a student, KRCGTV reported.

Smith was employed in the Dixon School District as a paraprofessional and long-term substitute, the district said in a statement following her arrest last year.

She resigned in August 2024.

The teacher was accused of offering students money, m

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