Teacher Audrey Grabarkiewicz who threw drug-fueled orgies with teens dodges jail

A former South Carolina preschool teacher who threw booze- and pot-fueled sex parties for local teens was spared jail time and sentenced to probation instead.

Audrey B. Grabarkiewicz, 46, will avoid a prison cell as long as she stays out of trouble during a three year period and serves 120 hours of community service, a judge ruled on Thursday.

Grabarkiewicz, a mom of three, and another former teacher, Sarah Jane Lindsay, were busted in September 2010 after police discovered they were hosting summertime sex gatherings for middle school and high school students, the Spartanburg Herald-Joual reported.

Prosecutors said the middle-aged pair plied the teens with booze and pot and had sex with several of them.

Grabarkiewicz, who taught preschool at Lake Bowen Baptist Church, faced 10 counts of corrupting a minor.

Lindsay, 44, who taught 4-year-old kindergarten at Boiling Springs Elementary, faced nine counts of the same charge, as well as the more serious charge of having sex with someone under 14.

The age of consent in South Carolina is 16.

Earlier this year, Lindsay was sentenced to serve 40 months of a 10 year jail sentence, the newspaper reported.

Both teachers were fired, and Grabarkiewicz, who was married at the time, was hit with divorce papers shortly after her arrest.