Hailey Clifton-Carmack.Photo:Garden Ridge Police Department
Garden Ridge Police Department
A Missouri teacher faces charges on accusations she sexually abused a student after a witness showed police pictures of scratches on the alleged victim’s back that he said came from sex, court records claim. The student’s father was also charged with child endangerment, with police claiming he knew about the alleged abuse and allowed it to continue.
Hailey Clifton-Carmack, 26, was arrested in Texas on Friday and is charged with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, second-degree statutory rape, sexual contact with a student and fourth-degree child molestation, the Garden Ridge Police Department says in a Facebook post. She is awaiting extradition back to Missouri.
On Dec. 7, police say a student witness reported an inappropriate relationship between Clifton-Carmack and the alleged victim to a school resource officer, according to the probable cause statement.
Police later obtained a search warrant for Clifton-Carmack’s phone and on Dec. 22 recovered messages between her and the student that discussed their alleged relationship.
It is not clear if Clifton-Carmack has entered a plea to any of the charges she is facing.
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The teen’s father, whom PEOPLE is not identifying in order to protect the victim’s confidentiality, allegedly told the second witness that he didn’t stop the relationship because he believed they would continue to have the relationship behind his back anyway, the statement says.
The father was charged with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, according to jail records. It is not clear if he has retained an attorney or entered a plea.
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source: people.com
