Gannon Stauch stepmom previously arrested for battery, domestic abuse and theft
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March 2nd 2020, 10:37 pm
Updated: March 2nd 2020, 10:37 pm
“THE stepmother of missing Colorado boy Gannon Stauch had been arrested for a string of crimes in four states under three different names before her arrest on Monday on suspicion of murder, criminal records show.
Letecia Stauch was even sentenced to prison after one arrest and has been convicted of charges including battery, grand-theft auto, making threats and domestic violence, according to the docs.
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Letecia Hardin was an accomplished student who was frequently named to the honor role and excelled in extracurricular activities when she was first picked up by police.
It was soon after she graduated high school in 2001 that she was arrested for stealing a car in North Carolina.
The Robesonian reported at the time that she ‘was found guilty of felony larceny which was reduced to misdemeanor unauthorized use of a vehicle.’
For that offense, Letecia was sentenced to 45 days in jail but given credit for time served.
She was also put on probation for 18 months and order to pay just over $1,000.
That same year she was also charged with communicating threats and simple assault, but those counts seemed to be dropped as part of her deal with prosecutors in the felony larceny case, court docs show.
It was also traffic offenses that got Letecia picked up in Virginia a few years later, but she was able to get off after paying a fine for these minor offenses, according to court records.
Her next arrest was in 2010, by which time she was going by Letecia Hunt.
The newly-married teacher, who had graduated from Liberty University by then, was cited for domestic violence and domestic abuse in Horry County, South Carolina, court docs show.
That is the same county she was arrested in on Monday.
Those charges were eventually dropped and there is no online record of the court filing.
The Clerk of Courts for Horry County did not respond to multiple requests for comment over the past week.
Letecia Hunt began going by Tecia soon after that arrest, and eventually got a job teaching in South Carolina.
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