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US: Maths teacher arrested for having sex with a student while asking other students to act as ‘lookouts’, victim’s father booked for child endangerment

It later came to light that the victim's father Mark Crieghton was aware of the abuse. He let Clifton-Carmack visit the 16-year-old at home.

A school teacher was arrested in Texas state of United States on charges of child molestation, sexual contact with a student, statutory rape and endangering the welfare of a child.

Identified as Hailey Clifton-Carmack, she worked as a maths teacher at Laquey High School in Pulaski County in Missouri state of US. Clifton-Carmack is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old on campus ground and using other students as ‘lookouts.’

The matter came to light after a student complained about the sexual grooming of his classmate to the school administration. The school principal and the superintendent reportedly knew about Clifton-Carmack’s sexual predatory behaviour before the official complaint.

In December 2023, the police obtained a search warrant to check the phone of the accused teacher. After going through the phone’s content, they found a conversation between Clifton-Carmack and the 16-year-old victim discussing their ‘relationship.’

It later came to light that the victim’s father Mark Crieghton was aware of the abuse. He let Clifton-Carmack visit the 16-year-old at home.“They are going to do it behind my back so I may as well let it happen,” he brazened out.

The court documents said, “[Mark] Creighton knew of the relationship of his minor child and the 26-year-old teacher and instead of reporting the information, he continued to cover for them and allowed the relationship to continue’ and ‘even allowed Hailey to come over to his residence and see the victim while he was present.”

The victim’s father was arrested on 3rd January this year and produced in court on 8th January 2023. He pleaded not guilty to first-degree child endangerment. On the other hand, the bail of Clifton-Carmack was set at $2,50,000 (₹2.07 crores).

She will be extradited to Missouri. The school district has informed that it has no plans to re-hire her as a teacher. “The employee has not been in the district since 8th December 2023 and we do not anticipate her return,” it said.

Teacher in Oklahoma charged for sexually grooming 10 minor students

In March last year, a former high school teacher was arrested for sexually grooming 10 minor students at McLoud High School in Oklahoma in the United States. The accused was identified as 43-year-old Serena Cator.

As per reports, the matter came to light in November last year after a student told her mother that the accused was having sexual relations with one of the students.

Soon after, the school administration initiated a probe into the matter. During an interview with Cator, she admitted to having sent nude pictures of her to underage students and soliciting their pictures in return.

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