
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, March 18, 1994                   TAG: 9403180236
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-1   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: New River Valley bureau
DATELINE: FLOYD                                LENGTH: Short

TEACHER OFF JOB PENDING SEX CHARGES OUTCOME

A Pulaski County High School teacher has been charged in Floyd County with three charges of sodomy and one of aggravated sexual battery against a teen-age boy.

Donald C. Smith, who lives in Floyd County, was suspended Tuesday from his job in Pulaski County pending the outcome of the charges.

The offenses are alleged to have happened in Floyd County in 1991, and to have involved a boy who was then 13 years old.

Smith had also been a teacher in Floyd County, but that was before 1991.

Floyd County Commonwealth's Attorney Gino Williams said Thursday that, while he still did not have a complete report on Smith's background, there was no apparent connection between the charges and any of Smith`s teaching duties.

Smith is free on bond and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Floyd County General District Court in mid-April.

The charges followed a joint investigation between Floyd County authorities and state police.

Smith lives in the Alum Ridge area of Floyd County.

by CNB