A Hendersonville woman has been convicted of exposing children to the man who sexually abused them, wrapping up a case that stretches back roughly two decades, the Hendersonville Police Department announced.
A Sumner County jury on Thursday, June 18, 2026, found Stacy Dawn Alessio guilty of two counts of aggravated child neglect and two counts of child neglect. She faces up to 24 years in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 28, 2026, before Criminal Court Judge Dee David Gay. Alessio was arrested in January 2023, and investigators say the convictions stem from abuse reported as far back as 2006. Her former partner, Christopher Howard Alessio, was convicted in 2025 on dozens of child-sex charges and later sentenced to 162 years in prison.
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