‘F–ked up’ married substitute teacher paid students, plied them with booze and pot for sex: cops
A married Missouri substitute teacher is charged with offering money, booze and pot to students in exchange for sex — including with one boy she slept with on a gravel road, according to police.
Carissa Jane Smith, 30, of Dixon, would pay off the students to keep quiet about the encounters, which occurred from August 2023 to September 2024, in return for sex or for allowing her to perform oral sex on them, according to the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office.
One of the victims claimed that Smith, who has children, forced him to ejaculate inside her.
“That was f—ked up,” he told her, according to charging documents. She then allegedly offered him more money.
Smith, who formerly taught in the Dixon R-1 School District, would have sex with the students at various locations, including her home, on the side of the road or even on gravel roads, police said.
One young victim told police he was in middle school when Smith asked him to have sex.
The victim said he first met Smith while she was substitute teaching and gave him her Snapchat contact.
“Smith began sending them pictures of her breasts and buttocks, along with her nude in the shower,” according to court documents obtained by The Post.
The alleged predator then offered the student money in exchange for sex — but told him to keep his mouth shut.
“[The victim] stated Mrs. Smith told them not to talk about it or else they would get into trouble. Mrs. Smith stated, ‘You know you can’t talk about this with anybody?'” court documents said.
She would typically pay the students $100 to have sex with her or to let her perform oral sex on them but also paid them in alcohol and marijuana.
In one encounter, Smith smoked marijuana with the victim and Smith’s friend Lacey Beam — a former school nurse for the Dixon School District, according to the documents.
Smith dropped Beam off at her home and then took the boy to McDonald’s because her husband was at her home with their children, the docs said.
The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office said she could face additional charges if more potential victims come forward.
Smith was hired in September 2022 as a long-term substitute for Dixon Middle School, the court docs note.
She was later hired as a paraprofessional and long-term substitute with Dixon High School before she resigned in August 2024.
Dixon R-1 School District Superintendent Travis Bohrer said in a letter to parents on Wednesday that the district learned of the allegations against Smith earlier this year, but was not able to comment as the investigation was ongoing.
The district cooperated with the sheriff’s office and the administrators conducted their own internal investigation.
“This is very disturbing and distressing information for everyone in our school community,” Bohrer said of Smith’s arrest, adding that the district has been in contact with families of the victims.
She was arrested Nov. 12 and is being held on a $250,000 bond.
She’s charged with eight counts of statutory rape; one count of sodomy; three counts of sexual contact with a student; two counts of sexual misconduct with a student; one count of patronizing prostitution; two counts of sexual trafficking a child; and two counts of hindering prosecution.
Dixon is about 130 miles southwest of St. Louis.
