SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) - A former Siloam Springs teacher has been sentenced to eight years in prison for having sexual encounters with a 13-year-old former student.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (https://bit.ly/1LUeeL7 ) reports 33-year-old Mary Faith McCormick was sentenced Thursday. She had pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual assault.
According to prosecutors, McCormick had two sexual encounters, one in McCormick’s house and one in a remote area, with the former student after the two began to contact one another through social media. Police say she started a relationship with the student between June and July last year using the smartphone application Snapchat. They say she sent the teenager a picture of her breasts.
McCormick initially faced a rape charge, but it was reduced to sexual assault as part of a plea deal.
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Information from: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, https://www.arkansasonline.com
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