Alissa McCommon, teacher accused of raping 12-year-old student, is pregnant, documents show

A Tennessee fourth-grader accused of raping one of her former students said she is pregnant with the boy’s child, according to new information in the case.

Alissa D. McCommon, 38, an elementary school teacher at Charger Academy in Covington, was arrested last month by Covington police as part of a multi-jurisdictional investigation into allegations of sexual abuse of a 12-year-old boy and several minors, police said.

The elementary school is part of the Tipton County School District and is located about 40 miles northeast of Memphis.

McCommon, a mother of two, was arrested at her Covington home on Sept. 8 and charged with child rape for allegedly sexually assaulting the boy, according to Tipton County General Sessions court records.

The boy is now 15, Tipton County District Attorney Mark Davidson told USA TODAY on Friday.

McCommon was suspended from her position without pay on Aug. 24, the same day the allegations came to light, said Rebekah Byrd, Tipton County Schools assistant principal.

According to a district representative, McCommon notified the school district of her resignation on September 14.

Bail, no contact order and disclosure of an alleged pregnancy

New affidavits obtained by USA TODAY show that McCommon posted $25,000 bail after her arrest, with the condition that she have no contact with the victim or any other minors other than her own children.

But on Sept. 28, police arrested McCommon again after she allegedly contacted the victim after she was released from prison, according to affidavits. Tipton County Sheriff’s Office records show McCommon was booked into jail at 7 p.m. on the new charge.

According to arrest affidavits, police say McCommon sent the victim several text messages just last week in which he said she was pregnant with his child and that “he would regret doing this.”

On Sept. 29, Davidson said, prosecutors filed a motion to revoke McCommons’ bail.

A call monitored by the police

Court records show that the boy’s mother alerted police when she learned that McCommon had contacted her son via text message on four different days after her release.

During a police-monitored phone call and text message sequence between the boy and McCommon on September 28, a detective wrote, McCommon identified herself to the boy, “had a sexual encounter with him, said she was pregnant and then threatened him.”

When officers arrested McCommon again on September 28, the affidavit states, she said she “no longer had her phone and it was broken into pieces.”

According to court records, McCommon is now also charged with stalking, coercion of a witness, tampering with evidence and intimidation of a child.

Her attorney could not immediately be reached by USA TODAY.

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“Raise this baby and love it”

During a bail revocation hearing on Tuesday, Davidson said, prosecutors played an alleged cellphone conversation between McCommon and the victim in which she implied she was pregnant with his baby.

In the phone call, McCommon said she was going to “raise and love this baby, all by herself,” WMC-TV in Memphis reported.

Davidson could not confirm that McCommon was pregnant, but said the judge had revoked McCommon’s bail.

A spokesman for the Tipton County Jail told USA TODAY that McCommon was still incarcerated Friday. The spokesman said he could not confirm whether McCommon was pregnant due to privacy reasons.

“Continued criminal conduct”

Davidson said he was pleased with the judge’s decision to keep McCommon incarcerated without bail.

“It sends a message that we want to protect our victims and their families and shows that continued criminal behavior will not be tolerated,” Davidson said Friday.

The case, the Attorney General said, will continue to be investigated by law enforcement authorities on Friday.

A preliminary hearing in the case is scheduled for later this month, Davidson said.

“Several young victims have come forward”

According to a criminal complaint in McCommon’s rape charge, investigators became aware of the assault when the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services contacted police about reported sexual misconduct between McCommon and the former student.

The student, who was in seventh grade at the time of the alleged rape, and his parents met with police on Aug. 24, and the boy told investigators he had spent the night at McCommon’s home several years ago, the affidavit states. At some point that night, the boy said, McCommon woke him up and sexually assaulted him.

According to police, “several juvenile victims” also came forward and claimed that McCommon had befriended them and started playing video games with them online.

McCommon allegedly communicated with the boys through social media apps on his cellphones, allegedly sending them inappropriate photos and soliciting “sexual relations” with the victims, police said.

Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter at USA TODAY. Reach her at [email protected] and follow her on X at @nataliealund.

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