A former Tennessee instructor who raped a 12-year-old boy inside her residence and have become pregnant was sentenced to 25 years in jail for her heinous intercourse crimes on Friday as certainly one of her sufferer’s households instructed the once-trusted educator to “burn in hell.”
Alissa McCommon, a fourth-grade instructor in Tipton County, pleaded responsible to a slew of intercourse prices associated to 5 of her potential 21 potential victims.
McCommon, beforehand accused of assaulting a former scholar of hers in 2021, pleaded responsible to 1 depend of rape of a kid, statutory rape, sexual exploitation of minors and solicitation of minors.
McCommon was sentenced to 25 years in jail after Circuit Court docket Choose Blake Neill ordered all sentences to run concurrently with one another with out the potential of parole.
McCommon must register as a Violent Intercourse Offender after her sentence and was ordered to not have contact with any of her victims.
Her educating license was additionally revoked.
The ex-Charger Academy educator shaped relationships with the preteens she met whereas in her class earlier than taking part in video video games, following them on social media and befriending their moms to take advantage of her place of authority, WREG reported.
McCommon was fond of 1 scholar, a 12-year-old, whom she referred to as over 200 occasions and despatched express images to over Snapchat.
In a single message, McCommon threatened the boy that she would kill herself if he broke off the connection, the outlet reported.
An investigation opened into McCommon in 2021 and a mom reported inappropriate texts from the instructor to her son in 2023.
McCommon was suspended from the college with out pay on Aug. 24, 2023.
She was arrested on Sept. 8, 2023, on a 23-count indictment with a number of sexual offenses towards a number of college students, Tipton County District Lawyer Mark Davidson stated Friday,
She bonded out however was again behind bars lower than a month later after she violated her launch circumstances by speaking with certainly one of her victims.
On the identical time, McCommon claimed to one of many boys that she was pregnant along with his baby.
In a name to the minor performed in courtroom, McCommon – a mom of two beforehand – stated she was able to carry their alleged baby into the world.
DNA proof confirmed the previous instructor’s claims that the kid was the daddy, in keeping with WREG.
A decide later dominated that McCommon would have “no contact with the infant child.”
The sufferer’s mom, who has custody of the kid, stated the new child wouldn’t be influenced by its felony mom and that McCommon has to face her punishments.
“The innocent child will be loved and raised without your influence. There’s no amount of time they can give you that will equal what God will give you. You will burn in hell.”
Davidson applauded McCommon’s responsible plea and subsequent jail sentence.
“These convictions and sentence demonstrate the continuing commitment of law enforcement and the District Attorney’s Office to aggressively investigate and prosecute child rape and sexual abuse cases in this District, especially where there are minor child victims,” he stated.
“We are glad that we were able to achieve finality, certainty and closure for the victims and their families and the Tipton County community in this case.”
