>>> Guilty! <<< Name: Cindy Garner Clifton, Covington, Tennessee Age: 41 School: Crestview Middle School [Tipton County Schools], Covington, Tennessee Position: 5th & 6th grade remediation teacher Victims: 11 children ABC 24 (8 Nov 2011): Covington Teacher Faces 14 Counts Of Statutory Rape KFVS 12 (8 Nov 2011): Crestview Middle School teacher under investigation Commercial Appeal (9 Nov 2011): In brief: Middle school teacher indicted on 53 counts Covington Leader (10 Nov 2011): Charged, arrested: Former teacher faces multiple counts of raping students Tags:
ABC 24: Trial Delayed for Teacher Charged with 25 Counts of Rape (Mar 1 2012) Seven teens who claim they were raped by a Tipton County teacher will have to wait longer for their day in court. Cindy Clifton's trial was scheduled to begin at the end of April, but in a March 1st court appearance the judge delayed it. Clifton was indicted in November 2011 on 25 counts of statutory rape from seven different teenage boys. Eleven teens say the teacher gave them alcohol. Clifton's husband, mother and brother all joined her in the courtroom for her status hearing. Her lawyer, Blake Ballin, says, "She's been on pins and needles over the past couple months, as it would with anybody, it effects [sic] your mental health being in limbo. But she has the support of her family and friends and she's relying on them." It "effects" your mental health? I'd say that when a 41-year-old woman is having sex with seven teenage boys, something has already "effected" her mental health.
WCM TV: Teacher pleads guilty to having sex with students (July 12 2012) The West Tennessee teacher accused of having sex with students pleaded guilty to the crimes in court Thursday. Cindy Clifton was a teacher at Crestview Middle School, when investigators said she performed sex acts on 10 students ranging in age from 14-17 in the classroom, and rooms inside her home. Cindy Clifton's guilty plea included 15 counts of aggravated statutory rape, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, furnishing alcohol to minors, and aggravated statutory rape by authority figure. News Channel 5: Teacher Pleads Guilty To Sex With Juveniles (July 12 2012) A Covington teacher has pleaded guilty to charges of having sex with juveniles. WMC-TV reported that Cindy Clifton ... had been a teacher for 20 years when she was indicted in November on more than 50 counts, including statutory rape, rape by an authority figure and supplying alcohol to minors. The 11 victims ranged in age from 14 to 17. The Republic: West Tenn. teacher charged with having sex with 7 juveniles pleads guilty (July 12 2012)
ABC 24: Teacher Gets 3 Years in Prison for Sex with 7 Students (July 12 2012) Former Tipton County teacher Cindy Clifton pleaded guilty to several counts of rape Thursday afternoon. She was indicted last fall on 53 counts, 29 of those counts for rape. She pleaded guilty to 15 counts, seven rape charges. The plea deal only puts her behind bars for three years, at the most. The crowd could hardly make out the "guilty" coming from the lips of Cindy Clifton in the Tipton County court Thursday afternoon. The fifth grade teacher made a deal, admitting to guilt to eight misdemeanor alcohol charges and seven felony rape charges. Her lawyer, Blake Ballin, says the teacher did what she needed to. "She was facing what could have been a life sentence, 50 years or more." The 42-year-old wasn't held responsible for 17 counts of rape. District Attorney, Mike Dunavant says, "We believe it resolves it, we got to the truth of the matter and for Clifton to plea guilty and accept her responsibility to go to the penitentiary for three years, we think it's appropriate." WCM TV: Teacher pleads guilty to having sex with students (July 12 2012) Cindy Clifton's guilty plea included 15 counts of aggravated statutory rape, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, furnishing alcohol to minors, and aggravated statutory rape by authority figure. A total of 11 victims were identified during an investigation. Clifton was accused of having sex with 7 of those victims.The other four were given alcohol. All of them were Clifton's students at Crestview Middle School in Covington. She will serve an 11 year sentence, consisting of three years in prison and 8 years probation.
Jackson Sun: State Briefs: Teacher sentenced for sex with teens (July 13 2012) A Covington teacher has pleaded guilty to charges of having sex with juveniles. WMC-TV reported that Cindy Clifton, formerly a teacher at Crestview Middle School, was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison and eight years on probation. Clifton had been a teacher for 20 years when she was indicted in November on more than 50 counts, including statutory rape, rape by an authority figure and supplying alcohol to minors. The 11 victims ranged in age from 14 to 17.
