Former teacher facing another count of rape
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/KHWXODRHCBAQNLHXJAEOK33K7M.jpg)
Published: Aug. 22, 2019 at 5:16 PM CDT
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A former Lake Charles teacher is facing another count of rape.
Deidra Smith, a former Lake Charles Charter Academy educator, is accused of raping a 10-year-old.
She was previously arrested in Calcasieu on 10 counts of first-degree rape. The new count is out of Beauregard Parish.
Beauregard authorities say that Smith crossed parish lines with the same victim in April of this year.
Copyright 2019 KPLC. All rights reserved.