Utah Teacher Gets 30 Days for Sex with Boy

(St. George, Utah) Former teacher and track coach at Hurricane High School Cris Lynn Morris appeared in 5th District Court yesterday for sentencing.

Judge G. Rand Beacham sentenced the 30-year-old woman - who had pleaded guilty to three third-degree felony counts of unlawful sexual misconduct as part of a deal with prosecutors - to three years' probation and 30 days in Washington County's Purgatory Correctional Facility.

She also was fined $3,000 and ordered to pay $2,500 to a victim-restitution fund and register as a sex offender. A prison term was stayed.

The mother of three young children said she was sorry and that what she wants to do is "what's needed now to move forward with our lives."

Heh. A sentence of 30 days for three felony sex crimes is arguably quite lenient.

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Utah Teacher Guilty of Sex with Boy
[Previous 3/06/08 entry bumped]
(Washington County, Utah) A Hurricane High School history and social science teacher, Cris Lyn Morris, pleaded guilty yesterday (3/5/08) to reduced charges of three counts of felony third-degree unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old male student.

The sexual conduct occurred at Morris' home between August 1 and October 1, 2007.

Sentencing by Judge G. Randall Beacham is scheduled for May 8. Morris faces a possible 15 years in prison.

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[Previous 10/25/07 entry bumped]
(Hurricane, Utah) A 29-year-old teacher at Hurricane High School, Cris Morris, was arrested yesterday by Hurricane Police for allegedly engaging in sex with an underage male student.

Morris has been charged with five counts of rape. It's not known how the authorities were alerted.

Morris was booked into custody at the Washington County Jail. School officials have placed her on administrative leave.

Hurricane is a small town in the remotest southwestern part of Utah, spitting distance to Arizona.