(Des Moines, IA) — A former Southeast Polk High School teacher will spend 24 years in prison for having sex with a student. Thirty-nine-year-old Christopher Smith, formerly of Pleasant Hill, pleaded guilty to enticement of a minor. Court documents show Smith used his cellphone and the internet in 2020 to contact a minor student while he worked full-time for Southeast Polk. The information says he enticed the minor to engage in sex and also recorded sexual activity with the student on his cellphone. Smith will have to register as a sex offender once he is released from prison.
Former Iowa Teacher Sentenced To 24 Years For Having Sex With Student
Oct 21, 2021 | 7:14 AM
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