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Stewart avoids prison time, gets probation

Steve Chapman Editor stevec@ccheadliner.com
Posted 1/22/25

Lena Irene Stewart, a former Nixa High School teacher, managed to avoid prison time with a plea bargain that saw her plead guilty on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, to a single amended charge of Second Degree sexual abuse, a Class A misdemeanor, for which she was given a suspended imposition of sentence and two years of supervised probation. In return for her guilty plea, six other counts against Stewart, including three counts of sexual contact with a student, two counts of Second Degree statutory sodomy, and one count of First Degree sexual misconduct, were dismissed.

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