(11/12/08 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Jennifer Dawn Liskey, 38, a substitute teacher in Topeka Unified School District 501 in Topeka, Kansas who reportedly worked under the name of Jennifer Savage has been arrested on allegations of the sexual abuse of a student.
Liskey was reportedly arrested on charges of unlawful sexual relations by a teacher with a student, criminal sodomy with a child 14 to 16 years old, and indecent liberties with a child 14 to 16 years old.
The alleged incidents are said to have taken place while Liskey was working as a para-professional at Robinson Middle School where the boy was a student.
Following her arrest Liskey was reportedly being held in the Shawnee County Jail in lieu of a $25,000 cash or professional surety bond.
11/22/08 – Case Update
On Friday, Jennifer Liskey was reportedly still being held in the Shawnee County Jail in lieu of a $75,000 cash or professional surety bond.
Liskey is currently charged with one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child 14 to 16 years old.
Liskey’s next court appearance is set for December 4th at which time a preliminary hearing will likely be scheduled.
01/21/09 – Guilty Plea
Jennifer Dawn Liskey pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts involving the incidents including criminal sodomy and indecent liberties with a child.
A fourth count was dismissed by the court Tuesday morning.
Sentencing is set for March 13th.
03/25/09 – Sentencing Postponed
Jennifer Dawn Liskey appeared in court for sentencing today however legal questions about her sentencing forced postponement of the hearing shortly after it started.
Sentencing was postponed to April 16 at 9:15 a.m.
06/12/09 – Additional Hearings Prior to Sentencing
The case of Jennifer Dawn Liskey will reportedly require three more hearings before the sentence is imposed.
A docket hearing was held yesterday. It will be followed on Tuesday by a hearing where prosecution and defense attorneys will argue constitutional questions tied to the case.
The judge will then set a sentencing date.
On July 8, witnesses will be called to testify in conjunction with the sentencing of Liskey who faces a sentence of 109 to 123 months for the sodomy conviction and 55 to 61 months for each indecent liberties conviction.
09/21/09 – Liskey Receives Probation
Earlier this month, Jennifer Dawn Liskey was sentenced to three terms of 30 months each, but the judge suspended the sentences and placed Liskey on three years of intensive supervised probation and ordered Kiskey to undergo therapy.
Liskey pleaded no contest on January 23rd to two counts of aggravated indecent liberties and one count of aggravated criminal sodomy in a case involving a then 13-year-old male victim.
The Shawnee County D.A. says he’s disappointed and is appealing the judge’s sentence.
11/09/09 – Indicted In New Mexico
Jennifer Dawn Liskey has reportedly been indicted in New Mexico on allegations of the sexual abuse of the same 15-year-old boy as in the Kansas case.
Reportedly, Liskey was indicted in New Mexico in October on one count of felony criminal sexual penetration of a child.
It is alleged that after leaving Kansas for a career with the Army National Guard, Liskey was stationed in Las Cruces, New Mexico and that in 2007, Liskey met up with the boy, then 15, while he was visiting Las Cruces with his parents. They met at the Fairfield Inn, according to court documents.
Liskey, who is reportedly being held in Kansas has been ordered to be transported to Las Cruces for arraignment in District Court.
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