Female Teacher Guilty of Rape, Sodomy

(Poplar Bluff, Missouri) A 49-year-old former New Madrid Central Middle School teacher, Susan Sharp, pleaded guilty to two counts each of second-degree statutory rape and second-degree statutory sodomy resulting from engaging in sex with underage teen boys.

The sex occurred on October 17, 2004, at Sharp's home in an evening of kissing, oral sex, intercourse and pill-popping.

From Belleville.com:

Information in the case emerged after a 15-year-old boy tried to kill himself with an overdose of an anti-anxiety drug.

During a routine follow-up by the sheriff's department, the teen disclosed that he and Sharp had had sex the week before he attempted suicide. He said he'd struggled with suicidal thoughts and gone to Sharp's home, taking more of her pills and, he believed, having sex with her again.

Sharp's prosecution was moved to Butler County from New Madrid County where the Sharp family is prominent. The Missouri Attorney General's Office is handling the case and has recommended a seven-year sentence on each count, to run concurrently.

Susan Sharp will be sentenced on December 19.

Tip: Don Morgenstern


[Update 02/07/07]

Sharp sentenced.