Teacher who pleaded guilty to ‘sexual contact’ with a teen boy leaving claw marks on his back could spend only 3 months in Prison

October 18, 2024 Sharon Banks

A Missouri teacher, Hailey Clifton-Carmack, 26, has been sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to having “sexual contact” with a 16-year-old student.

However, if she successfully completes a sex offender treatment program, she could be released in as little as three months, according to online court records.

Clifton-Carmack pleaded guilty to one count of sexual contact with a student in September. The plea deal resulted in the dismissal of other charges, including first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, second-degree statutory rape and fourth-degree child molestation.

The unlawful sexual relationship between Clifton-Carmack and the student first came to light on December 7, 2023, when a witness reported seeing inappropriate behavior. The witness also told authorities that Clifton-Carmhad had previously been warned about her conduct with students, often dressing in revealing clothing that drew attention.

Clifton-Carmack, a math teacher at Laquey High School, had a reputation for inappropriate behavior, including being “too close with students” and wearing revealing clothing. She had previously discussed intimate details about her past sexual experiences with students, according to court documents.

In her initial interview with law enforcement, Clifton-Carmack denied any wrongdoing and even voluntarily handed over her phone.

However, a search of her phone revealed incriminating conversations with the victim, including discussions of their multiple sexual encounters and the nearly nude images she had sent him.

Just before Christmas, she reportedly left for Texas to “visit family,” but her roommates indicated she had moved away permanently.

The Garden Ridge Police Department in Texas arrested her in January and charged her with multiple offenses, including first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, second-degree statutory rape, sexual contact with a student, and fourth-degree child molestation.

Adding to the controversy, the victim’s father, Mark Creighton, faces felony charges for allegedly knowing about the unlawful “sexual relationship” and failing to report it, according to an affidavit.

Creighton was also arrested in January on a charge of endangering the welfare of a child after another witness said they told the teen’s father about the teacher’s actions.

Creighton told the witness that he knew his son and his teacher had “used students as lookouts while they had sex during school,” the affidavit said.

The witness told the father she was going to come forward with the information, and he allegedly responded, “they are going to do it behind my back so I may as well let it happen.”

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The father has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child. However, no date has been scheduled for the trial at this time.