Gun-dealing Alabama teacher ran sex-for-grades scheme

Gun-dealing Alabama teacher ran sex-for-grades scheme!

Ann didn't know anything about her freshman history teacher's checkered past – his convictions for domestic violence and illegal gun sales – when she started hearing rumors about his relationships with female students. 

"He kind of liked to dance around the classroom," she said. "My friends told me to have my boyfriend walk me to his class." Ann, who did not use her real name for this story, said the teacher focused on the girls in the class, flirting and joking during school. 

In December 2013, that teacher, 41-year-old Phillip Smith III, turned his attention to 14-year-old Ann, a freshman at Huffman High School in Birmingham. During a test, he pulled her desk close to his and addressed the class.