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Devon James (PICTURES): Busted for Prostitution While "Dating" Tiger Woods?

Mar 24, 3:11PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

Devon James (Bubba the Love Sponge)

NEW YORK (CBS) Devon James, the latest woman to claim she had an affair with Tiger Woods, admitted during a radio interview that she was arrested for solicitation of prostitution in Tampa, and had a drug problem.Continue »
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Justin Bieber's Manager Arrested for "Refusing to Tweet"

Mar 24, 2:02PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

Justin Bieber (CBS)

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Justin Bieber's manager, Scott "Scooter" Braun, has been arrested in Long Island, NY in connection with a fan frenzy at a mall.

Essentially, it was a "refusal to tweet" that landed the manager for the teen pop sensation behind bars.Continue »
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"Sexting" Teens Are Being Labeled Sex Offenders but Is That Really Fair?

Mar 24, 1:53PM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter

Teenager uses cell phone (AP/CBS)

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Making ill-advised and reckless decisions is pretty much the norm for teens, but in many states one of those decisions - "sexting" - can saddle teens with a sex-offender label that will haunt them for decades. Now, more and more lawmakers are (finally) trying to fix that.

Recently, the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. District Court of Appeals ruled that a prosecutor could not pursue felony charges against a teenage girl who appeared in racy photographs that made their way around her high school in 2008.

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Men Accused of Burning Five Teens to Death in 1978 Plead Not Guilty

Mar 24, 1:33PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

Philander Hampton and Lee Evans (AP Photo)

NEWARK, N.J. (CBS/AP) It was one of New Jersey's oldest and most notorious missing-persons cases. One night in 1978, five teenage boys disappeared without a trace.

Thirty-two years later, prosecutors announced the arrests of two men and disclosed the victims' gruesome fate: The boys were allegedly herded at gunpoint into an abandoned building in a dispute over missing drugs, and burned to death in a blaze that obliterated nearly all evidence.Continue »
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Most Wanted: Fugitive Monkey on the Loose, Facebook Fans Say "Keep Running!"

Mar 24, 1:17PM by Kealan Oliver Topics Daily Blotter

Monkey on the lam (WTSP)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (CBS/AP) The "Mystery Monkey of Tampa Bay" is on the run again, brushing off tranquilizer shots, stealing fruit from yards and swimming in random pools. But now this rebel has over 24,000 fans of Facebook supporting his mission.Continue »
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Police to Chatroulette Users: "If You're a Predator, We're Coming After You"

Mar 24, 1:00PM by Edecio Martinez Topics Cybercrime

(CBS Graphic)

PHOENIX (CBS/KPHO) The popular online chat service Chatroulette offers video chatting with a twist - the website randomly hooks up strangers. But not everyone is obeying the site's rules and police in Phoenix fear there could be predators on the site.

Users must be 16-years-old or older to chat, and sex and nudity are prohibited; however, chances are that if you've used the site, you've run across multiple examples of those rules being broken.Continue »
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Lesbian Prom Update: Constance McMillen's Rights Violated, But School Doesn't Have to Hold Prom

Mar 24, 11:48AM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter

Constance McMillen (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

JACKSON, Miss. (CBS/AP) A judge ruled Tuesday that the Itawamba County School District violated Constance McMillen's civil rights when they prohibited her from bringing her lesbian partner and wearing a tux to the senior prom by canceling the prom altogether. But the judge stopped short of requiring the school to put on the April 2 dance.Continue »
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Why Didn't Anyone Warn Police Josie Lou Ratley Was Going to Be Severely Beaten?

Mar 24, 11:31AM by Kealan Oliver Topics Daily Blotter

Josie Lou Ratley (Rick Freedman/Family Attorney)

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (CBS/AP) Why didn't anyone warn police that a boy was allegedly planning to brutally attack Josie Lou Ratley?

The suspect in the brutal beating of 15-year-old Josie Lou Ratley, ninth-grader Wayne Treacy, allegedly sent text messages telling his friends what he planned to do to the girl, but nobody warned the police.

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Devon James New Tiger Mistress?

Mar 24, 10:45AM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

Devon James (Bubba the Love Sponge)

NEW YORK (CBS) Porn star and escort Devon James is the latest woman to claim to have had an affair with Tiger Woods ...and just in time for the Masters Tournament where Woods plans to make his comeback.Continue »
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Boy Scout Molested By Scout Leader Timur Dykes Testifies, Says Dykes was "The Coolest"

Mar 24, 8:25AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

(CBS Graphic)

PORTLAND, Ore. (CBS/AP) The 37-year-old man who's suing the Boy Scouts of America for allegedly knowing of pedophiles in its ranks says he once thought Scout leader Timur Dykes, who molested him, was "the coolest."

The man testified in court in Portland, Ore., that at first he worshipped Timur Dykes because he knew everything about the woods, was an expert mountain climber, and goofed around just like a kid.Continue »
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