- Jessica Lawson, 36, originally from Arizona, taught at South Fremont High School from 2021-2023.
- During a routine traffic stop, police found the boy who said Lawson allowed him to drive his 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, originally from Arizona, taught at South Fremont High School from 2021-2023.
On November 6, a teenager – described as aged 16 or 17 – was stopped for having a car without visible taillights. Authorities discovered the car belonged to Lawson, who the boy said had allowed him to drive because she was too drunk.
Court documents say the boy admitted to having marijuana on him at the time.
Jessica Lawson, a teacher in Idaho, was fired from her job and was 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 provided more details to authorities.
The parents claimed Lawson picked the teen up at 11 p.m. on Nov. 6 and drove him to her home in Saint Anthony, Idaho.
Once there, she and the teenager had sex after getting drunk and high at her house.
Lawson, according to the boy’s mother, 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 alcohol.
However, she denied that “anything else happened” and said that although there was marijuana in the house, she did not give it to him.
Lawson, 36, an Arizona native, taught at South Fremont High School from 2021-2023.
On November 6, a teenager – described as aged 16 or 17 – was stopped for having a car without visible taillights.
Authorities discovered the car belonged to Lawson, who the boy said had allowed him to drive because she was too drunk.
Lawson was also given a no-contact order between herself and the alleged victim.
Police arrested Lawson and booked her into the Madison County Jail on $250,000 bail.
Lawson was also given a no-contact order between herself and the alleged victim, according to Eastern Idaho News.
If convicted, she faces life in prison.
Lawson was a teacher at South Fremont High School and was removed from her position at the school.
It is unclear whether the teen was a student at that school.
