June 26, 2007 - Susan Gail Stephens, 45, a Tullahoma schools substitute teacher, was arrested in February 2006 and indicted indicted of statutory rape and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.for having sex with a 17-year-old male student.
Two other adults at the party where underage children were allowed to drink alcohol were given pretrial diversion. The prosecution, however, has denied Stephens application for the same. The denial will be reviewed by a court.
If the defendant has no prior criminal record and is granted pretrial diversion, he or she is not required to enter a plea to the charges, he added. The defendant is placed on supervised probation, which could last up to two years, and if all the conditions required during the probationary period are met, the case will be dismissed, Layne said.March 10, 2006 arrest story.
