Waynesville, MO. – A teacher from Waynesville, Mo. will be sentenced in October for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a student.
According to the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department probable cause affidavit, Hailey Clifton Carmack engaged in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student in 2023. Police stated that a witness reported the relationship to a school resource officer in December of 2023. In an interview, the witness stated that she learned about the relationship after the victim showed photographs of his back, which was covered in scratches. The victim had told the witness that the scratches were received from Clifton-Carmack after they had sexual intercourse.
The witness also shared times of inappropriate behavior from the teacher, such as dressing in low-cut and tight shirts and leggings, as well as phone conversations between the teacher and the victim.
The probable cause statement shared that an officer had made contact with Clifton-Carmack to seize her phone with a search warrant. Clifton-Carmack denied any relationship with the student. Police later stated that her phone revealed conversations between her and the victim discussing her relationship.
Clifton-Carmack moved from Missouri to Texas on January 3, 2023. Texas police arrested the teacher in January when she was initially charged with endangering the welfare of a child in the first-degree, second-degree statutory rape, sexual contact with a student, fourth-degree child molestation, and seven counts of furnishing pornographic material to a minor. Clifton-Carmack pled guilty on September 6th to sexual contact with a student. She is currently on house arrest while awaiting a sentencing hearing on October 11.
