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Fourth-grade teacher and mother of two charged with raping boy,
12, at her Tennessee home: ‘It’s unspeakable’
By Alyssa Guzman, NYPost
Published Sep. 9, 2023, 7:24 p.m. ET
A fourth-grade teacher in Tennessee could face 25 years behind bars after she was arrested for allegedly raping a 12-year-old and befriending other former students online.
Alissa McCommon, 38, was arrested outside her home Friday by the Covington Police Department and booked into the Tipton County Jail.
The mother of two has been accused of sexually assaulting a former student in 2021 in her home, Covington Police Chief Donna Turner said.
The Charger Academy teacher admitting to inappropriately communicating with students, police said.
McCommon was suspended without pay August 24 after a parent came forward with the allegation, according to WREG.
After the parent came forward, several other students claimed McCommon had befriended them online and even played video games with them, the outlet reported.
McCommon was arrested outside her home Friday by Covington police and booked into the Tipton County Jail.
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The fourth-grade teacher allegedly sent students inappropriate photos and requested to have sex with them, the outlet reported.
“It is unbearable. It’s unspeakable and it’s 100 percent preventable. I think that’s why the detectives and we are so passionate about making sure victims are okay,” Turner said, according to WREG.
The teacher, who is being held on a $25,000 bond, maintains her innocence.
The mother of two has been accused of sexually assaulting a former student in 2021 in her home, Covington Police Chief Donna Turner said.
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“We believe that it’s borderline a witch hunt on social media and that’s frustrating to us,” said Jere Mason, her defense attorney, according to WREG.
The investigation is ongoing as cops continue to interview the alleged victims.
Parents believe the teacher should have been arrested after she was suspended from school.
“Now y’all want to take matters of it. You should have done that in the beginning of time when you first found out about it,” Bianca Taylor, who has a student in McCommon’s class, said in a Facebook group, according to Fox 13 Memphis.
McCommon is expected to appear in court on October 13.
Kansas girl, 14, who shot herself dead in front of deputy
had been bullied and abused for years: family
By Yaron Steinbuch
Published Sep. 25, 2023, 11:12 a.m. ET
The 14-year-old Kansas runaway who shot herself dead in front of a sheriff’s deputy had been bullied for years — including a sex assault and death threats, according to her family.
Published Sep. 25, 2023, 11:12 a.m. ET
The 14-year-old Kansas runaway who shot herself dead in front of a sheriff’s deputy had been bullied for years — including a sex assault and death threats, according to her family.
Jaylee Chillson pulled out a gun and shot herself late Saturday while a deputy tried to persuade her to return to her family after she ran away and went to a party in Aurora.
Her father, Jeb Chillson, heard the gunshot while rushing to track her down — and was among those who desperately tried to save her with CPR, he told the Messenger
The schoolgirl’s death followed a period of her being treated “absolutely awful,” her mother first wrote on Facebook — ripping “those that hurt my baby” and played “a part in crushing her.”
“One girl was threatening to kill my daughter,” her grieving dad told the Messenger of abuse that happened at school and continued online after she was pulled out of classes.
“My daughter would come in covered in bruises and stuff like that,” he said, detailing how one girl dumped rubber cement in his daughter’s hair as other students watched, while another encouraged her to cut herself.
Jaylee Chillson, the 14-year-old Kansas girl who shot herself dead in front of a deputy after running away from home, had been bullied for years, her grieving father said.
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One male student even grabbed Jaylee’s “crotch in a sexual manner against her will,” the dad said.
“The same boy was bruising her up. He took her AirPods and stole money from her.”
Chillson said he and his wife, Stacie, alerted several school officials about their daughter’s torment but that nothing was done about their complaints, adding that she was “just as miserable” in eighth grade.
The couple, who also have four sons, eventually placed their daughter in another school in the district but she ended up getting physically assaulted there, her dad said.
“The bullies were there. Nothing stopped,” he said of the school where the boy allegedly grabbed his daughter’s crotch.
“That school completely failed her — refused to do anything,” he said, adding that he had also met with the principal, who promised him that the bullying would stop.
Jaylee was pulled out of the school and finished eighth grade with homeschooling, but that didn’t end the vicious bullying campaign before she began high school in an online academy, Jeb said.
Jaylee Chillson shot herself at a party when a deputy was trying to get her to return home.
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“All summer she was harassed by these people via Snapchat and Instagram and phone calls,” he told the outlet.
On Saturday, Jaylee said she was going out with the dog but ran away — ending up at the party with a 20-year-old man before she took her life, according to the report.
The bullied girl had been receiving counseling for the past two years, her dad said.
“Her therapist, nobody saw this coming. There was never any reason when this happened to even suspect this was going to happen,” Jeb said.
“Tons of families have reached out to me saying that their families are experiencing the exact same problems in school,” he added. “Bullying is just a terrible pandemic in this area.”
In a heartbreaking Facebook post, Stacie wrote that “the world lost one of its brightest lights. This girl has the biggest heart of anyone I know and has since she was just a little girl.”
“There wasn’t a day that went by that she couldn’t make you laugh till you couldn’t breathe. She is amazing. Perfect. Everything you could ever ask for in a daughter,” the shattered mom continued.
“She’s beautiful. She’s smart. She is our everything. Our hearts our shattering. It’s unbearable. It’s not fair. She was our best friend. The best daughter. The best big sister. The best granddaughter. There is nothing that will ever make this hurt go away,” Stacie wrote.
She railed against those who harmed her daughter.
“I’m also angry. I’m angry with those that hurt my baby. I’m furious with those I KNOW hurt her and will talk about her now like they didn’t play a part in crushing her. I’ve read days worth of messages from her ‘friends’ that treated her absolutely awful,” Stacie added.
The Post has reached out to the school district for comment. The family did not immediately respond to messages for comment Monday.
The school's tolerance of bullying should be treated as a criminal act. Was there something about Jaylee that made her a target or is this kind of evil happening to anyone? Was she on drugs when she pulled the trigger? If so, will someone be charged for providing them?
I hope the local coroner holds an inquiry into Jaylee's suicide and names those who contributed to it.
Child abuse comes in many colours. This one involves a man surrounded by children and dogs who leaves a loaded gun lying on the sofa. Children almost always suffer from man's stupidity and madness.
Shocking video shows girl, 3, shooting herself while
relative watches football
By Yaron Steinbuch, NYPost
Published Sep. 27, 2023, 12:14 p.m. ET
Shocking video captured the moment a 3-year-old Florida girl shot herself with a handgun — while a relative celebrated a football touchdown on TV.
The chilling footage posted by WPLG shows Serenity picking up the pistol at her home in Miami Dade on Saturday after Orlando Young, 23, jumped up during the game.
A bang is immediately heard in the footage and the toddler is hurt.
“It looks as if she is getting ready to pick up the gun, the gun went off and I guess the bullet went through her finger,” Serenity’s grandmother, Robin Fuller, told the outlet.
“The police arrived because I called the police myself when I received the phone call and eventually the police arrived and they asked, ‘Where is the baby?’” she said.
Fuller said Serenity was supposed to be under the care of her other grandmother, who was not seen in the video at the time of the incident.
Young told police he had made breakfast for the girl and then watched over her, CBS News Miami reported, adding that he was a relative of the hurt girl.
He "momentarily left his gun unattended on the couch because he was excited about a touchdown," a police report said.
She was taken to Homestead Hospital and then transferred to Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, where she underwent surgery, officials said.
The young girl was ​taken to Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, where she underwent surgery, according to officials.
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Young was arrested on a charge of child neglect with bodily harm.
“They are trying to save the finger so we are just going to pray that the blood flow goes back through,” Fuller told WPLG earlier.
Serenity has since been released and is in good spirits, she said.
Young was arrested on a charge of child neglect with bodily harm.
He faces additional charges for getting into a fight with an inmate, according to the outlet.
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