DIXON, Mo. (KY3) - A former Dixon School District substitute teacher gets a 10 year prison sentence for inappropriate relations with students.

In September, Carissa Smith entered a guilty plea to one count of endangering the welfare of a child, and two counts of sexual contact with a student. She was sentenced this week to 6 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for the endangerment charge, and two years each for the sexual contact charges.

The following story was first reported in November, 2024:

Authorities arrested a former Dixon School District paraprofessional and long-term substitute accused of inappropriate conduct with at least two students.

Carissa Smith faces 14 charges of statutory sodomy, statutory rape, sexual misconduct involving a child, sex trafficking, patron

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