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Sumner admitted nothing at the time and was released without being charged after the teen reported on August 30, 2017, that he’d had sex with the teacher eight times since 2015 in locations that included his home, her home, and a Fox School District building, according to theSt. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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In March, the former school nurse was charged with victim tampering and having sex with a student under the age of 16, according to KSDK.
In a plea agreement Friday, Sumner pleaded guilty to one count of victim tampering and two counts of statutory rape and faces a seven-year prison term when she is sentenced, reports thePost-Dispatch.
The terms require her to register as a sex offender, her defense attorney Mark Hammer told the newspaper. But rather than immediately impose the seven-year sentence, the agreement recommends Sumner for a 120-day sex-offender program while in custody, after which she could be evaluated and return to face a judge, who could keep her jailed or release her on probation for the sex offenses.
At the time of her arrest, Sumner already had resigned from the district, Fox C-6 communications coordinator Sam Rayburn told theLeader. She had worked for the district from 1999 to 2017, and quit after the 2016-2017 school year, he said.
Her formal sentencing is scheduled for October 25.
source: people.com
