Sunday, October 13, 2019

Former substitute teacher is sentenced

The former substitute teacher who investigators say brandished a knife and threatened students earlier this year while working at Crittenden County Elementary School entered an Alford plea last week in Crittenden Circuit Court.

Jaken S. Orten, 23, of Dawson Springs was sentenced last Thursday by Judge Rene Williams.

Orten was a substitute teacher on Jan. 15 when he brandished a knife in front of two elementary school students and said, “Sit down or I will kill you.”

The school district terminated him as a substitute the following day after learning of the incident, completing an internal investigation then turning the matter over to authorities. 

For complete details of his sentencing, see this week's printed edition of The Crittenden Press.