Wednesday, February 05, 2025

Former CJ teacher Craig Smith bound over for trial on stalking, child pornography charges


Former Carl Junction R-1 choir teacher Craig Smith was bound over for trial after waiving his preliminary hearing on stalking and child pornography charges this morning in Jasper County Circuit Court.

His first appearance in trial court is scheduled 9 a.m. Monday, March 3.

Judge Nicole Marie Carlton reduced Smith's $300,000 cash-only bond on the child pornography charge to $300,000 cash or surety. She denied the bond reduction motion on the stalking case, leaving bond at $100,000 cash only.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Craig Smith, is probably going to be sitting in jail until his trial. If I was him I would plead guilty and throw myself on the mercy of the court. With all the evidence it could save him and his family a lot of time and money - and let him start serving his sentence - to get that decade or so started - so maybe he could see his family and relatives one day.

I always want to know from the Criminals was it really worth it - You just flushed the rest of your life and your family's life away?