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Casey Anthony Jailhouse Letters Released

Apr 7, 1:01PM by Kealan Oliver Topics Daily Blotter

Letter from Casey Anthony to Fellow Inmate (WKMG-TV 6)

ORLANDO, Fla. (CBS/AP) Documents released by prosecutors in the Casey Anthony murder case Tuesday include jailhouse letters between Anthony and fellow inmates, as well as shocking transcripts of law enforcement interviews with inmates who say Anthony admitted to them that she sometimes drugged her daughter Caylee.

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Facebook Backlash From Students Over Canceled Prom

Apr 7, 12:23PM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter

"Secret" Prom. (Personal Photo)

JACKSON, Miss. (CBS) Apparently humiliating Constance McMillen, the lesbian teen who wanted to take her girlfriend to the prom, by sending her to a decoy prom while her classmates partied elsewhere, wasn't enough for some of her fellow students. Irate over having their original prom canceled - and blaming Constance - they started a facebook page called "Constance quit yer cryin."Continue »
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How Did Sowell's 11th Alleged Victim Die?

Apr 7, 11:21AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

Anthony Sowell (CBS/AP)

CLEVELAND (CBS/AP) The death of Anthony Sowell's alleged 11th victim still remains a mystery, according to the autopsy report.

PICTURES: Anthony Sowell Victims
PICTURES: Anthony Sowell's Home of Horror

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Dad Charged with Forcing Daughters to Watch Porn

Apr 7, 10:00AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

(CBS/AP)

AMARILLO, Texas (CBS/AP) Jack Buckner II has been charged with child endangerment after forcing his 8 and 9-year-old daughters to watch online pornography, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

The father is accused of placing his daughters in danger of imminent mental impairment by showing them porno while they were visiting him. The girls' parents are divorced and shared custody of them.Continue »
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KC & Sunshine Band Member Pleads Not Guilty

Apr 7, 9:50AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

Richard Finch (Licking County Sheriff's Office)

NEWARK, Ohio (CBS/AP) KC and the Sunshine Band's Richard R. Finch pleaded not guilty in Ohio to charges he had sex with teenage boys.

The music producer appeared in Licking County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday.Continue »
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Cops: Drunk Man Steals Ambulance

Apr 7, 6:37AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

(CBS Graphic)

SAN DIEGO (CBS/AP) San Diego police say an intoxicated man stole an ambulance and fled from police just minutes after being released from a hospital after being treated for the aforementioned intoxication.

Police Sgt. Ray Battrick says 52-year-old Paul John Sos had earlier been found drunk and taken to Sharp Hospital in a private ambulance.

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio Presents Prison Exercise Plan: Inmates Pedal for TV Privileges

Apr 7, 6:29AM by Kealan Oliver Topics Daily Blotter

Pedal Vision at the Tent City Jail (KPHO)

NEW YORK (CBS/KPHO)  Joe Arpaio, self-styled as "America's Toughest Sheriff," has decided that if his inmates want the privilege of watching TV, they have to pedal for it.

This clever idea came about when Arpaio realized half of the inmate population at the Tent City Jail in Phoenix, Ariz. is overweight and needed some exercise.

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Woman Sells Pot Out of Ice Cream Truck, Say Cops

Apr 7, 6:21AM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter

(CBS)

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (CBS/AP) Baskin Robbins probably never considered adding chronic to its roster of 31 flavors, but an Arizona woman is in custody for allegedly doing just that - she sold marijuana from the back of her ice cream truck, say police.

Lorna Gaudette, of Lake Havasu, Ariz., about 190 miles west of Phoenix, was arrested April 1 after Lake Havasu police witnessed Gaudette allegedly selling more than rocky road out of her ice cream truck and stopped to investigate further.

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Body Parts Found in Quiet N.J. Neighborhood

Apr 6, 8:48PM by Caroline Black Topics Daily Blotter

Linden, NJ (CBS)

LINDEN, N.J. (CBS/AP) A quiet, tree-lined New Jersey neighborhood was turned upside-down Monday morning, after a sanitation worker discovered dismembered human bodies stuffed in garbage bags. Apparently, the bags had been sitting on the residential street corner in Linden since at least Thursday.

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3 Plead Not Guilty in Phoebe Prince Bullying Case

Apr 6, 4:42PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

Phoebe Prince (AP/CBS)

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (CBS/AP) Three Massachusetts teenagers accused of bullying 15-year-old Phoebe Prince, who hanged herself after months of alleged threats and harassment, pleaded not guilty Tuesday through their lawyers.Continue »
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