Feb. 11, 2025

"Bad Teachers" Episode Eight: Alissa McCommon

"Bad Teachers" Episode Eight: Alissa McCommon

A “Bad Teachers” Series Episode

In this episode of “Bad Teachers”, Jim Chapman recounts the disturbing case of Alyssa McCommon, a former teacher in Covington, Tennessee, accused of sexual misconduct with underage boys, including a two-year...

A “Bad Teachers” Series Episode

In this episode of “Bad Teachers”, Jim Chapman recounts the disturbing case of Alyssa McCommon, a former teacher in Covington, Tennessee, accused of sexual misconduct with underage boys, including a two-year relationship with one victim. We explore the timeline of her actions, the multiple allegations that surfaced, and trial and conviction.

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Timestamps
00:15 Alyssa McCommon is a Bad Teacher
01:58 The Allegations
04:35 The Investigation Unfolds
06:36 Community Reacts
09:18 Legal Proceedings Commence
12:02 Second Arrest Shocks
14:43 Pregnancy Claims Surface
17:44 Indictments Increase
22:43 Trials and Tribulations
25:41 Sentencing

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Hey everyone, and welcome back to Exposed Scandalous Files of

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the Elite. I am your host, Jim Chapman, and today

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we are back with another bad teacher. Of all of

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these bad teachers I have covered so far, this one,

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this one is on a different level, really shocking story

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I'm going to tell you today, and I am taking

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you to the state of Tennessee and specifically Covington, Tennessee,

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which is about forty miles from Memphis, and I'm going

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to discuss the exploits of Elisa mccommon. So Alisa was

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born and raised in Covington, Tennessee. She has two siblings,

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a brother and a sister. Alissa was thirty eight years

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old and had two daughters of thirteen year old and

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a ten year old when she was arrested for the

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allegations I'm about to tell you about took place. Mccommon

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pursued a career in education and worked as a teacher

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at Crestview Elementary School before moving to Charger Academy, where

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she taught fourth grade English Language, Arts and social studies.

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Now I've looked everywhere to find out exactly how long

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she had been teaching, and there's just nothing on that

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that I could find, So assuming that she started in

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her mid twenties, it's safe to assume she taught for

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at least a decade. Those who were friends with Alyssa,

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they said she had a friendly demeanor and was very

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trusted in the community, but behind the scenes, what was

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going on was a completely different story. Celeska back to

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August twenty fourth of twenty twenty three and the Tennessee

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Department of Children's Services they contact police regarding a sexual

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misconduct complaint between mccommon and a former student that took

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place in twenty twenty one when the victim was twelve

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years old, so at the time of the report to

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the police, the victim was fourteen. The police contacted the

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student and his parents and they agreed to meet with

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police on that same day, August twenty fourth of twenty

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twenty three. Now, the boy told detectives he spent the

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night at mccommon's house when he was twelve years old

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and in the seventh grade, and at some point that night,

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the boy said mcommon woke him up and sexually assaulted

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him by giving him oral sex. So at this point

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the investigation starts and it's a little hazy as to

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why or if the police went to Alessa right away,

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or if they wanted to get more evidence first, or

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if she just refused to talk to them initially. But

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the school superintendent, they definitely made him aware. And it's

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important to note that she had just started that year

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with Charger Academy, so I'm sure this guy is like,

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who in the hell did we hire? Prior to that,

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she was at Cresview Elementary, as I told you, and

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she also coached softball at Cressview Middle School, which was

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in the same town. So on that same day, he

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meets with miss mccommon and he is quoted as saying,

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I am hearing from a mother about pictures that you

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have sent to boys and allegations about you having sex

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with boys, to which Mcommon responds, I'm a little freaked out.

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I know I've sent some snaps like in a bathing

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suit or low tank top. I deleted everything. I don't

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care if my finest checked. Mcommon went on to say

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that she taught the boys quote unquote, and when the

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superintendent asked again about the pictures and some of the

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sexual stuff that took place at what was known as

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Glenn Springs Lake and y'all that's a lake in the area.

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She responded, there's no case. This is just people talking.

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So the superintendent he suspends her pending the outcome of

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the investigation, and she leaves. Now Here's where it gets

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really disturbing. During their investigation, police discovered not only is

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there one allegation from that then twelve year old who

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is now fourteen, but many, many more kids come forward

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saying that Mcommon befriended them and began playing video games

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with them online. The investigation revealed that Mcommon reportedly communicated

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with the boys through cel phoned social media apps and

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allegedly sent new photographs and then requested sexual relations with

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the victims. So on September eighth, the police release the

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following press release. The Covington Police Department in Tipton County

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Sheriff's Office or jointly investigating allegations of sexual misconduct involving

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a local teacher in multiple juveniles. On twenty four August

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twenty twenty three, the Covington Police Department Criminal Division received

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information from a referral file from the Tennessee Department of

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Children's Services regarding allegations of sexual misconduct that had been

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reported involving a teacher and a former student. CPD detectives

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began the investigation and confirmed the teacher had been suspended

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without pay from her position at Tipton County Schools due

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to the allegations. The teacher was identified as Elyssa mccommon,

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thirty eight of Covington, Tennessee. Multiple juvenile victims have come

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forth stating they were befriended by their former teacher mccommon,

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who began playing video games with them and then further

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engaged with them through mobile phone social media apps, which

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led to her allegedly sending inappropriate photographs and requesting sexual

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relations with the victims. Mccommon admitted to communicating inappropriately with

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former students. There have been no evidence that any of

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the alleged activities occurred on any school campus. The Tipton

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County Sheriff's Office detectives began working jointly with CPD detectives

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after receiving information regarding a victim or victims who were

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exposed to similar circumstances within the county's jurisdiction outside of

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Covington city limits. The investigation is continuing in nature. As

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the evidence further develops, further specific outs allegations are omitted

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due to the involvement of miners as victims. Today, Elissa

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mccommon was arrested in charged with rape of the child.

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Mccommon was transported to the Tipton County Jail and a

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twenty five thousand dollars bond has been set in the case.

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Detectives with both the Tipton County Sheriff's Office and Covington

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Police Department continue to interview witnesses and identifying victims in

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the case. Detectives have met with the DA's office about

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the ongoing jurisdictional investigation and additional charges are expected. Covington

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Police Department detectives continue to investigate this terrible exploitation and

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abuse of these young boys. We expect to also develop

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the investigation to determine accountability of other adults in the case,

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including those who were aware of the abuse and those

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who allowed or provided locations for such illegal acts to occur.

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We will prosecute this case to the fullest and will

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continue to support the victims and their families during all

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aspects of the investigation. If anyone has any information or

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if you are concerned that your child may have been victimized,

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please contact the Covington Police Department and the statement ends.

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So that comes out and there's total shock from the community.

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Imagine if your kid went to school at that school

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and was taught by mcommon. One parent told Fox thirteen

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Memphis that when her son got home from school, she

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asked him if his teacher had been in school lately.

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She said her son told her that there was a

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substitute teacher because the school said the teacher was homesick,

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and went on to say, I do hope they take

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matters seriously because of any other situations. If it were

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a man doing it the opposite way, y'all would take

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it more seriously. Even if she did do it or

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didn't do it, it needs to be looked at and

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not swept under the rug. And y'all, if you've learned

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anything from this Bad Teacher series, it's that you know

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that that parent is speaking the unfiltered truth with that statement.

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And keep in mind some of the teens and preteens

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that were reporting on the commons did not even go

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to the same school. She was meeting them through online gaming.

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It's also important to note that the charge of rape

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of a child under Tennessee law, and I quote, the

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charge of rape of a child is defined under Tennessee

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law as the unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by

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the defendant or the defendant by a victim if the

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victim is more than eight years of age but less

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than thirteen years of age. So obviously, in this instance,

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that definitely qualifies for that charge. Now you might be wondering,

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if all these other kids are coming out, why just

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the one charge well to put but it's simply they're

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still gathering solid proof by this point. But the one

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charge alone is enough for an arrest. And initially they

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probably were thinking the same way I was at that

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point with that series of a charge. I mean, if

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you're curious the punishment if you're convicted of that charge,

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life in prison, Tennessee, don't play. So, if you were

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paying attention when I read that press release, you heard

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the bond was set at a mere twenty five thousand dollars.

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Now in Tennessee, to make your bond, you have to

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come up with ten percent, which means a lessamer common

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had to pay twenty five hundred dollars to get out

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of jail. That is unheard of on a charge that

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could result in a life sentence. So why such a

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low bond? Who knows? In my research, I can't find

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anyone who can answer that question. But Alessa, as you

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would expect, bond's out of jail and a week later,

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on September fourteenth, she resigns from her job as a teacher.

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Now her attorney then releases this statement quote. We believe

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that it's borderline a witch hunt on social media, and

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that's frustrating to us. What we're asking is that the

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public be patient and allow the justice system to do

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its part and not create further persecution on the alleged

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victims or on the family of the defendant. He goes

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on and says, the Covington Police Department released a one

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sided press release which the court of public opinion has

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seized on to convict miss mccommon without having full knowledge

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of the facts or lack thereof uncovered during a proper investigation.

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Miss mccommons maintains her innocence on the charge levy by

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the police department until the facts can be presented. The

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public should reserve judgment and remember that in a free society,

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we must rely on the criminal justice system to do

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it's part. Then the what the fuck part of this

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story happens. On September twenty eighth of twenty twenty three,

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mcommon is arrested again, this time for harassing and stalking

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a teenage victim. And y'all, I have the picture of

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that arrest and her husband, and I'll upload that to

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the Patreon page. But you can see him at the

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door when she's actually getting handcuffed. In the look on

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his face, I mean, it's really hard to describe, but

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you'll see what I mean when I put it up

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on the Patreon. It's just a clueless look. Say. She

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is transported back to the Tipton County Jail and she

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was charged with coercion of a witness, aggravated stalking, tampering

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with evidence, and harassment. And this time she gets held

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without bond until her court appearance. Then the information on

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what led to the second arrest comes out. Get ready

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for this. On September twenty sixth, twenty twenty three, just

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two days prior to that second arrest, the police Department

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learned miss mccommon was using a new phone number. Later,

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determined to be a burner phone to contact a victim.

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She reportedly texted the victim a previously established code word

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to confirm that they were alone, which she used to

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do before sending new photos through Snapchat, and sent multiple

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text messages to the victim to indicate they would regret

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doing this, meaning going to authorities. The boy's mother apparently

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alerted police when she learned mccommon had been contacting her

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son via those text messages four separate times after her release.

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When officers rearrested mccommon, the affidavit said that she did

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not have a phone anymore and that it was broke

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into pieces. She is accused of buying a new phone

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at Walmart to contact that victim. So mccommon is now

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charged with all those charges of just Reggie. This particular

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victim is not the victim that she sexually assaulted in

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twenty twenty one, totally different victim. It's also worth noting

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that Judge William Peeler recused himself from hearing the matter

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because quote, Miss mccommon's husband was a former deputy as

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well as bailiff in his court. Now, I'm not saying

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that had anything to do with the low bell amount.

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But it was definitely the right thing to do to

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recuse yourself. But I found it interesting that that relationship existed.

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So then another bombshell comes out on October third of

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twenty twenty three that lessamer common buckle up, get ready

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for this said she was pregnant with victim number one's baby.

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It seems that on September twenty eighth, the same day

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she was arrested for the second time, police had the

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cell phone of victim number one bugged and she called

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him and they picked up quite the recording. Listen to

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this your kids, Okay, okay, I watch chicken. You won't

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never get from a cash Please don't say anything. Couple

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your song much stressed and so scanty and just forget

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wait or talk okay to say, I mean, this cannot

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possibly get any more Wow. So police, they got some

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pretty solid evidence here, you would think, and remember this

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woman has a family, two kids, a husband, and her

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attorney made some statements regarding the family and what they

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were having to deal with along with this new found

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information that mccommon was pregnant. He was quoted as saying

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mccommon's family is experiencing some ridicule after she was accused

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of raping a minor. She's human and she has a

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family too, and they're victims arguably on both sides of

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this case. Regardless of her guilt or innocence. She's got

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two minor children herself. They've had to pull them out

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of school, and they're experiencing some ridicule. He said that

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he knows mccommon's husband very well after they worked as

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sheriff's deputies together, and added, my perception has always been

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they were good folks, and say, regardless of her guilt

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or innocence, any person in this situation would be under

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extreme mental stress, and I just have to defend her properly.

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I have to know that my client is understanding everything

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and in the right mind about everything. When asked about

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the pregnancy, her attorney said that he did not have

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any evidence to prove that one way or the other.

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So then they asked about the text that were sent

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by Elissa, and he said, it's not a registered phone.

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It's just some random number. They don't have the phone

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or any proof of registration, so they had these text messages.

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Someone in the text thread claims there Alissa and then

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prosecutors trying to infer that there was some code words

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used that had been previously used by mccommon. Now this

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is a big case and police are sifting through several

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potential victims in gathering evidence, and on March fifth of

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twenty twenty four, a grand jury indicts ALYSSA mcommon on

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get this, twenty three additional counts after investigation by the police.

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Investigators said they identified twenty one potential victims. The twenty

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three charges are related to five of those victims, who

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ranged in age from twelve to seventeen. The charges against

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mcommon were as follows, rape of a child one count,

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five counts of aggravated statutory rape, four counts of sexual

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exploitation by electronic means, four counts of solicitation of a

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minor to commit aggravated statutory rape, two counts of statutory

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rate by an authority figure, two counts of coercion of

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a witness, two counts of aggravated stalking, violation of the

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Child Protective Act, tampering with evidence and those are one

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count each in one count of harassment. She pleaded not

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guilty to all the new charges which she's gonna do that.

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She's got nothing to lose. She would be facing a

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lot sentence if convicted on all those counts, or even

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just some of those accounts. Quite frankly. Mcommon was formally

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served the charges in the Tipton County jail where she

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was being held, and she got a new attorney, someone

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by the name of Laura Futch. Mccommon's due defense attorney

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told Fox News quote, we anticipated that the indictment would

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be coming, Covington Police Chief Donna Turner. She said, it

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shocks me. And then again, I've been doing this long

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enough that these investigations are just sad. There's nobody that

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wins in these investigations. It has been a little over

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seven months since we initially started the investigation and it

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has not stopped since then, and it's going to continue

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from this point forward. She went on to say, our

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goal in any of this is to identify any potential

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victims and provide medical assistance, counseling, and support for their

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families throughout the investigation. Without this VI intervention, the ripple

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effect of trauma can last for years with the victims

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and the family get it. The Tipton County Sheriff Shannon

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Beasley weighed in as well and said we have worked

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with our victims and families in order to bring mccommon

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to justice, and we will allow the judicial system to

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run its course. She went on to say, for now,

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mccommon will remain in jail and await her Dane court

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with the crossing of jurisdictional boundaries or detectives have work

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closely with the Covington Police Department, in the District Attorney

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General's office, as well as a school board and the

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Carl Perkins Center to reach these indictments, and a trial

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day is finally set now. On June seventeenth of twenty

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twenty four, mccommon attended a hearing to discuss her finances

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to see if she could afford to continue funding her case.

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She said she had ownership and equity in a retirement

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account from the Tipton County school Board, but doesn't know

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how much is in there now. One of her defense attorney's,

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Jason Ballager, he asked the judge to consider declaring mcommon indingent,

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meaning she can't adequately fund her own defense. The state

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requested that the court examine her expenses and phone calls,

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and also mentioned that mccommon's house was up for sale

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and after its sales, it could fund her defense. The

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judge said that in order to declare mccommon indingent, he

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would need to know how much money is in a

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retirement account and if it's less than ten thousand dollars.

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The judge requested a financial statement to be handed over

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to court before the next date, July second, of twenty

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twenty four, to make his decision. So on July second,

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for her next hearing, mccommon appeared to be slimmer, indicating

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that she may have had a baby. Now. In that

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first hearing, her baby bump was visible, but in that

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second hearing it was not, and the appearance was nine

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months after she first mentioned that pregnancy. Now, it did

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come across another article that stated that the baby was

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born and was later confirmed by DNA to be the

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victim's child. But did it the sensitivity? I can't find

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more than one source, so take that with a grain

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of salt. But I'll post pictures kind of before and

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after of mccommon in those hearings that were nine months apart,

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and you tell me what you think. It's also important

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to note that there's no law requiring states to report

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the number of pregnant inmates or the outcomes of their pregnancies,

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So if they didn't report it, they're not outside the

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realm of public information by not reporting it. Let's put

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it that way. So we'll move on to August nineteenth

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of twenty twenty three, and the judge rules that mccommon

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would have at least two separate trials. A judge grain

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in emotion for mccommon's defense attorneys to sever some of

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the charges in her case, which means that when her

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trial begins in January, we'll focus on only one alleged

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victim rather than the three that by this time they

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had listed in the indictment. Macommon will stand trial on

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the remaining charges after the first trial ends, but that

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case would never make it to trial. Mcommon she must

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have seen the light and the evidence, and on December twentieth,

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twenty twenty four, she cops a plea alyssa. Mcommon pleaded

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guilty to a dozen child sex crimes and was sent

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uced to twenty five years in prison, running concurrently with

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no chance of parole, as well as having to register

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as a violent sex offender and undergo community supervision for

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the rest of her life. Mcommon was also barred from

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any contact with her victims, including the child who was

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born out of one of her crimes. Her teacher's license

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will also revoked. She pleaded guilty to one kunt of rape,

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two counts of statutory rape by an authority figure, three

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counts of aggravated statutory rape, three counts of sexual exploitation

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of a miner electronic means, two counts of solicitation of

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a minor, aggravated statutory rape in one count of Child

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Protection Act. So let's break it down on that sentencing.

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For the rape of the child, she got twenty five

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years at one hundred percent. She just serve the whole thing.

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For the statutory rape by an authority figure, she had

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two counts. She got eight years total at one hundred

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percent for this statutory rape aggravated three counts. She got

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two years at one hundred percent for this sexual exploitation

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of a miner. She also got two years at one

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hundred percent and that was for three counts. And she

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also got two years at one hundred percent for solicitation

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of a minor to commit aggravated state atatory rape two counts.

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Then she got two years at one hundred percent for

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violation of the Child Protective Act. So let's talk about

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that just real quick. These were concurrent, meaning that whatever

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the top sentence is, which in this case is the

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twenty five years and one hundred percent for rape of

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a child, she serves all of that. She doesn't have

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to then serve eight years, then serve two years, et cetera.

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The concurrent means that you serve all those charges at

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the same time, twenty five years being the most, so

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she will be released in twenty five years. Mccommon was

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originally charged with nearly two dozen crimes, though the others

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were dismissed by agreement, as stated by Circuit Court Judge

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Blake Neil, who handled the sentencing now in court. During

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her sentencing assistant DA Jennie Reagan, she recounted the events

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from twenty twenty one, and she detailed a lot of

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we didn't know of, including the disturbing sexual relationship McCammon

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had had with that twelve year old and some other victims.

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As a matter of fact, five victims, some were her students,

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and one was an individual she met at a party,

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and the other was someone she met while playing Fortnite.

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You got a freaking thirty eight year old teacher playing Fortnite?

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Give me a break. Mcammon befriended the children's mothers. She

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exploited her position of authority by doing that. According to prosecutors,

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the former teacher get This called one of the victims

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nearly two hundred times, played video games with him, and

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sent explicit photos on Snapchat. In one of the messages,

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she even threatened to kill herself if he broke off

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the relationship. Assistant District Attorney Reagan also shared elaborate details

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on the two year sexual relationship she had with the

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first victim, identified as Ab, who she became pregnant. Reagan

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said this was an intense case for sure. It took

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a team. Stephanie drawn assisted me in this case along

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with the assistant Da Amy Wyrick. We all worked together

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on this worked really hard and involved a lot of

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communication with the families the child that was identified as

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Ab on the indictment. District Attorney Mark Davidson said, the

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District Attorney General's Office commends the incredible, courageous victims who

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came forward to testify along with their parents. What do

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you think the mothers of the victims thought about this? Well,

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One victim's mother stated in court, I loved you like family,

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opened my doors to you, used our friendship to hurt

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me and the people I love in this world. Took

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innocence from my son before puberty, took what was supposed

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to be a great experience and tainted it. Your mind

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is sick and twisted for looking at a child and

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being turned on. Couldn't agree with her more on that,

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and there you have it. In my view, in this case,

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this teacher would have never stopped a serial rapist of

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the worst kind. In my opinion, if you cannot help

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yourself even when you are out on bond, you have problems,

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major problems. I think they should have went forward with

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the trial so that she could get a life sentence

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and not get out on a plea bargain. But I

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do understand you are then in a position where you

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got to have countless kids testify relive those nightmares. Still,

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this is one sick individual right here. And as I

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told you, no information about that baby was ever given

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other than that the baby was born, not sure the

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sex of the baby, or if it's in the custody

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of the biological father's family. Nobody seems to have that information,

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but I did look for it. And before I close

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this out, normally we have a Wednesday episode. We will

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not be dropping an episode tomorrow. On Thursday, I'm dropping

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a murd All Jailhouse Phone Call special. This will be

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volume four. I've never dropped that before. I'm going to

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be dropping that on Thursday. We have some business things

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I have to take care of here in the studio,

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so I want to make sure y'all get something good

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