Florida charter school dean and wife gave teen babysitter weed and alcohol for 2 years, cops say
Joseph Wilkinson
They put the “high” in high school.
A Florida couple gave their babysitter free marijuana and alcohol while she watched their children dozens of times over the past two years, police said.
Adam Thayer, 38, and his wife, Misty Mitchell-Thayer, first hired the teenage babysitter in 2018, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. The unidentified girl was 15 years old at the time and charged with watching the Thayers’ 5-year-old twin boys.
Over the next two years, the couple gave the babysitter alcohol and weed around 30-40 times while she watched the kids, cops said. The babysitter admitted to investigators that she would get drunk and high and would not have been capable of caring for the children in an emergency.
By John Conrad
Jan 8, 2021
Tampa, Fl. (Florida News Network)-The Dean of a Palm Harbor Charter School along with his wife, are facing child neglect charges. Pinellas detectives say 38-year-old Adam Thayer and 37-year-old Misty Mitchell-Thayer have been drinking and smoking pot with their 17 year old baby sitter for the past two years. The sheriffs office says the Thayer s poured drinks and smoked marijuana with the sitter on approximately 30 to 40 occasions, and would leave her alone to care for their 7-year-old twin children, while intoxicated .
Adam Thayer is currently the Dean of Students at Pinellas Academy for Math and Science. Pinellas Academy for Math and Science is a charter school and not a traditional public school under the daily control of the Pinellas County School Board.
PALM HARBOR â A 38-year-old Palm Harbor man was arrested at his home about 5:50 p.m. Jan. 7 and his 37-year-old wife was arrested about 3:28 p.m. Jan. 8 in connection with an investigation of child neglect of the coupleâs twins.
Adam Thomas Thayer was booked into the Pinellas County Jail on two counts of child neglect. Bail was set at $10,000. He was released on surety bond about 3:36 a.m. Misty Mitchell-Thayer also was charged with two counts of child neglect. No subject charge report was available.
Detectives assigned to the Crimes Against Children Unit began an investigation on Dec. 29 after receiving information alleging Misty and Adam Thayer were providing alcohol and marijuana to a 17-year-old female and her friends at their residence in Palm Harbor.
Pinellas charter school dean, wife accused of encouraging teen babysitter to drink alcohol, deputies say
Kellie Cowan reports
PALM HARBOR, Fla. - A Palm Harbor husband and wife are facing child neglect charges for allegedly encouraging their teenage babysitter to drink alcohol and smoke marijuana while in the care of their young children.
The sheriff’s office said 38-year-old Adam Thayer and 37-year-old Misty Thayer are facing two counts of child neglect charges.
Adam Thayer is the Dean of Students at the Pinellas Academy of Math and Science, a charter school in Clearwater.
According to the sheriff’s office, the Thayers allowed their 17-year-old babysitter to help herself to their alcohol and marijuana while they went to bars and she looked after their 7-year-old twins.