After spending nearly all of 2025 in the Jasper County Detention Center, former Carl Junction High School choir teacher posted a $100,000 cash bond on a stalking charge and will remain under house arrest and required to wear an ankle monitor while he awaits trial.
In addition, he is only permitted to leave his home between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to attend court proceedings or meet with his lawyer and he is to have no contact with any child under age 18, nor any access to the internet.
Smith already posted a $300,000 surety bond for a child pornography charge.
Smith's next hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. August 18 in Jasper County Circuit Court.
Awfully nice of retired superintendent Phil Cook to loan him the money. Perhaps one of the Briarbrook school board members chipped in also. I’m sure Cook picked him up in Carthage and gave him a ride home too.
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