Teacher Gets 2 Days Jail for Solicitation of Minor - Updated

(Hill City, South Dakota) Former music teacher Sommar Chaffee, 31, pleaded guilty today to a reduced charge of misdemeanor soliciting of a minor and was sentenced to two days in jail.

Seventh District Court Magistrate Judge Scott Bogue sentenced Chaffee to 180 days in jail, but suspended all but two days. Chaffee was fined $400 and ordered to pay court costs. She can have no contact with the victim.

Chaffee must under go (sic) psychiatric treatment with her physician reporting to the court every four months for one year.

Chaffee will voluntarily relinquish her teaching license, but the giving it up could be fundamental because she is subject to a state review board if a formal complaint was filed against her.

Two days jail? Heh, why bother?

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South Dakota Teacher Accused of Exploitation of Minor
[Previous 6/21/09 post]
(Hill City, South Dakota) A 31-year-old music teacher formerly at Hill City High School, Sommar Chaffee, was arrested last night in Sioux Falls for alleged solicitation and exploitation of a minor.

Chaffee faces two charges, solicitation of a minor alleged to have occurred between April 1 and 14, 2009, and exploitation of a minor alleged to have occurred between April 12 and 13, 2008.

Chaffee was booked into custody at the Minnehaha County Jail and later released on $1,500 bond.