The teacher helped the student and rattled under arrest
'01.02.2019'
Source: Medialeaks
A school teacher from the United States decided to cure the student in the hospital at her own expense and lost not only a tidy sum, but also freedom. It turned out that not every good deed approves of the country's law, and for some it does have to be punished, as for harsh crimes.
Casey Smiterman - a resident of the United States who works as an inspector and teacher at a school in Elmwood, Indiana, tells Medialeaks. In early January, the teacher decided to help one of her charges, but the good deed turned into serious troubles for her.
The Smiterman story began in mid-January when a woman noticed that her 15-year-old student was feeling unwell. According to the publication Metro, the boy was from a dysfunctional family, and Casey had previously monitored the condition of the child - bought him clothes and food.
This time the woman was ready to take a more serious step and decided to take someone else's son to the hospital.
She took the 15-year-old boy to the clinic and pretended that he was her son.
In the end, Smiterman's suspicions were completely justified. Doctors diagnosed a teenager with strep throat - a painful sore throat - and prescribed antibiotics. It is worth noting that the doctors took the boy for free, as he received all the services under a teacher insurance policy.
According to journalists, the situation has changed in a few days, when the police came to the house of the teenager. The officers talked with the child’s parents, and they in turn told the law enforcement officers about the service the teacher had provided to the family.
Further events developed for Smiterman with the speed of a snowball rolling down from the mountain. By the end of the month, a woman was arrested on fraud charges.
The police filed charges of fraud with insurance for the amount of 233 dollar (more than 15 thousand rubles), forgery, and abuse of office, Smiterman, reports the police statement.
Now the teacher faces a year of imprisonment, but before the trial, the woman was released on bail. Nevertheless, the arrest did not affect the readiness of Smiterman to take care of his students.
“From the beginning, my ultimate goal was to provide the best environment for the physical, mental and academic development of Elwood students, and I remain focused on that goal,” says the woman.
