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Ashley Jo Beach, Middle School Teacher, Sentenced to 20 Years for Seducing 13-Year-Old Student

Dec 30, 12:50PM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter
(KBCI)
(KBCI)
BOISE, Idaho (CBS) Ashley Jo Beach expressed her remorse and apologized to her family and community for breaking their trust before she was sentenced to 20 years in prison for her relationship with a 13-year-old boy.

Photo: Ashley Jo Beach in court Dec. 29.

Meridian, Idaho police say back in September, Beach, a 38-year-old middle school teacher, was caught in the bushes with the teen, a former student.

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Crimesider's Top 10 Sex Tape Scandals of 2009

Dec 30, 12:26PM by Neil Katz Topics Daily Blotter
(CBS/ AP)
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) 2009 has been a hell of a year for sex tape scandals. This year's cast of characters ranges from the world's greatest golfer to California's most embarrased fifth grade teacher.

PICTURES: Crimesider's Top 10 Sex Tape Scandals of 2009

Our top ten list has its share of politicians, beauty queens, porn stars and athletes, but also regular people who never imagined their sexual escapades would make the front page.

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Kidnapped, Trapped in Trunk, Houston Man Uses SOS Texts to Lead Police to Captors

Dec 30, 11:39AM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter
(Fort Bend County Sheriff)
HOUSTON (CBS/AP) A quick-thinking Houston man who was carjacked and thrown into the trunk of a car, used his cell phone to send texts that led police to his location and helped arrest his kidnappers.

Photo: Carjacking suspect Jeremy Banguero, 17.

Thi Yuan Yen says he was leaving his Stafford apartment just south of Houston, on Christmas Day, when suddenly a man pulled open his car door, according to local Houston station KTRK.

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Letterman Extortion Suspect Robert Halderman Uses Tiger Woods "Sex Scandal Defense"

Dec 30, 10:53AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
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(CBS/John Paul Filo)
(CBS)
(AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) The CBS News producer accused of shaking down David Letterman to keep mum about his affairs is drawing on the Tiger Woods sex scandal to try to bolster his defense.

Photo: Robert Halderman outside Manhattan criminal court Nov. 10, 2009, in New York.

In court papers filed Tuesday, Robert "Joe" Halderman's lawyer cited published reports that Woods paid an alleged mistress millions of dollars to stay silent. Attorney Gerald Shargel suggested that since the woman hasn't been charged with a crime, Halderman shouldn't be, either.

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Facebook Fugitive Craig Lynch Gets Clothing Line, Theme Song, While UK Cops Hunt in Vain

Dec 30, 10:26AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
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(Facebook)
(Facebook)
LONDON (CBS/AP) Escaped British prisoner Craig "Lazie" Lynch is taunting police and attracting a growing Internet fan base from his Facebook profile where he is mocking authorities for failing to find him and openly musing about moving across the Atlantic.

Facebook Photo: Craig Lynch.

At almost 4,000 fans, Lynch is likely the most popular fugitive on Facebook. And his Internet stardom has spawned a T-shirt line and even a song in the fleet-footed convict's honor.

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Lil Wayne Has Last Concert Before Jail

Dec 30, 10:04AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
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(AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Lil Wayne emerged as a top-selling musician known for his clever wordplay and risque lyrics, but like rappers before him, he's staring down a year behind bars at the peak of his career.

Photo: Lil Wayne performs in New Orleans, Dec. 28, 2009.

The artist returned to his hometown of New Orleans for a performance Monday on what he's calling his farewell tour.

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Governor Pumps Sex Line, Cops Taser Kids, Naked Burglars, Hey, It's Just Florida

Dec 30, 9:46AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
(CBS)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) You know you're living in a weird state when the governor promotes a pay-per-minute sex chat line.

Or when a congressman asks the House speaker to move a day's worth of votes so he can watch a college football game.

Or when employees at not just one, not two, but three state prisons use stun guns on their kids as part of "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day."

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San Jose Police Become Cyborgs, Mount Cameras on Cops' Heads

Dec 30, 8:22AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
(AP/San Jose Mercury News/Dai Sugano)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (CBS/AP) - Grainy cell phone images are often used against cops accused of using excessive violence. Now, officers are being armed with their own cameras.

Photo: Officers wear video/audio recording devices during a news conference at SJPD headquarters on Dec. 18, 2009.

"It's like the helmet cam you've seen on X Games," said San Jose police officer William Pender, who demonstrated the camera on a recent afternoon.

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New York City Posts Lowest Murder Rate in Its History

Dec 30, 8:11AM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter
(AP Photo/Frances Roberts)
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Sorry Batman, Gotham doesn't need you anymore.

Photo: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg with Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, March 15, 2008.

The city that was once America's murder capital, with a record 2,245 homicides in 1990, is now boasting an all time low of 461 homicides.

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Samantha Broadhead, 11, and Boyfriend, 15, Try to Burn Mom Alive Over Cigarettes?

Dec 30, 8:05AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter
(AP)
CLEARWATER, Fla. (CBS/AP) Police say young teenage angst evolved into attempted murder as 11-year-old Samantha Broadhead and her 15-year-old boyfriend Jack Ault are accused of plotting to kill the girl's mother by setting her bedroom on fire while she slept.

And police believe it all may have been sparked by an argument over cigarettes.

Clearwater Police Department detectives say Samantha Broadhead and Ault poured gasoline on the bedroom floor and bed of Samantha's mother Nancy Broadhead, and then set the room aflame.

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