FL: Retired Teacher Accused Of Sex With Student, 11

Police: Tape From '80s Shows Teacher Having Sex With Student
January 8, 2009

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A retired Orange County public school teacher has been charged with sexually assaulting a child under the age of 12.

Orlando police said they received videotapes in 2005 of Wanda Smith, 58, having sex with a student. The tapes were found in a local pastor’s home by his son. He recognized Smith because she used to be married to his father.

At the time the tapes were turned over to police, Smith denied the other person on the tape was a minor and investigators could not conclude the age of the other individual. Interviews in late 2008 and earlier this month with the victim, Smith, Smith's ex-husband, and his son, led up to Smith's arrest on Thursday.

The boy on the tape told detectives he had sex with Smith dozens of times over a five year period beginning in 1983 when he was 11.

The Orange County school district said Smith taught for 27 years before retiring in October
2008. Smith most recently worked at Ocoee High School.

The victim said he met Smith while attending Rolling Hills Elementary, but Orange County Public Schools only has a record of Smith teaching at Carver, Evans and Ocoee.