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.