- Jessica Lawson, 36, native of Arizona, taught at South Fremont High School from 2021 to 2023
- During a routine traffic stop, police found the boy who said Lawson allowed him to drive her car because she was too drunk to drive
- His parents later told police that Lawson had sex with the boy and also gave him alcohol and marijuana
An Idaho teacher was fired and arrested for allegedly having sex with an underage boy to whom she also gave alcohol and marijuana.
Jessica Lawson, 36, an Arizona native, taught at South Fremont High School from 2021 to 2023.
On November 6, a teenage boy – described as 16 or 17 years old – was confronted with a traffic stop for driving a car without visible taillights. Authorities discovered the car belonged to Lawson, who the boy said was allowed to drive because she was too drunk.
Court documents show the boy admitted to having marijuana at the time.
Idaho teacher Jessica Lawson was fired, arrested and charged for allegedly having sex with an underage boy to whom she also gave alcohol and marijuana
Police took the minor boy home that night, but the next morning his parents gave authorities more details.
The parents alleged that Lawson picked up the teen at 11 p.m. on Nov. 6 and drove him to her home in Saint Anthony, Idaho.
Once there, she and the teen had sex after getting drunk and high at her home.
According to the boy’s mother, Lawson admitted to some of the allegations. She managed to pick him up from his house and take him to her house, where she gave him liquor.
However, they both denied that “anything else happened” and said she did not give him marijuana even though there was marijuana in the house.
Lawson, 36, an Arizona native, taught at South Fremont High School from 2021 to 2023
On November 6, a teenage boy – described as 16 or 17 years old – was confronted with a traffic stop for driving a car without visible taillights
Authorities discovered the car belonged to Lawson, who the boy said was allowed to drive because she was too drunk
Lawson also obtained a restraining order between herself and the alleged victim
Police arrested Lawson and booked her into the Madison County Jail on a $250,000 bond.
Lawson also received a restraining order between herself and the alleged victim, she said Eastern Idaho News.
If convicted, she could face life in prison.
Lawson was a teacher at South Fremont High School and has been removed from her role at the school.
It is unclear whether the teen attended that school.