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A case involving a former school janitor in Wetzel County puts a few new twists on the issue of "sexting," or sending explicit photos by cell phone.
Police have said the practice has become disturbingly common among students, particularly at the high school level. Usually, it's carried out between students, and some have gotten into serious trouble for sending the images.
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Admitting he lied to the public after being caught sending a lewd photo of himself in underwear to a college student, Rep. Anthony D. Weiner on Monday acknowledged making "terrible mistakes," but said he wouldn't step down from Congress.
Democratic colleagues said the lawmaker from New York should face an ethics investigation to determine whether his behavior broke House rules. Mr. Weiner said they and his constituents are free to draw their own conclusions, but he thinks he can still serve in office.
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In an extraordinary reversal at an extraordinary news conference, Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York admitted Monday afternoon that he had repeatedly lied to his constituents and the country in denying that he had sent a lewd picture of himself to a college-age woman on Twitter.
In a tearful admission, he said that he had in fact sent multiple inappropriate messages to multiple women but that he had done nothing illegal and would not resign.
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- A priest on Wednesday was sentenced to a year in jail and taken into custody for committing lewd sexual acts with a 12-year-old boy in his Ontario parish.
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WHITTIER - Jesse Anthony Serrato, an East Whittier Middle School P.E. teacher accused of performing lewd acts on a 14-year-old student, will stand trial July 25 in Norwalk Superior Court.
Serrato, who was arrested in March and is free on bond, is charged with four separate acts of lewd conduct on a child, Deputy District Attorney Nicole Vo said.
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A priest on Wednesday was sentenced to a year in jail and taken into custody for committing lewd sexual acts with a 12-year-old boy in his Ontario parish.
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NEW YORK - A tearful Rep. Anthony Weiner on Monday admitted sending a lewd photo of his underwear-clad crotch to a young woman over Twitter and then lying repeatedly to protect himself. In a flash of defiance, Weiner refused to resign even as Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi called for a House ethics investigation into whether he broke the rules.
The extraordinary confession at a packed Manhattan news conference was a remarkable turn of events for the brash Weiner, who conceded to a "hugely regrettable" lapse in judgment. House Democratic leaders tersely expressed disappointment and embarrassment, reflecting an erosion of support for the 46-year-old New York congressman and casting doubts on whether Weiner could hold onto his House seat let alone turn a once-promising political career int...
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A choir director from a Montclair church was sentenced to four years and four months in state prison Thursday for committing sexual acts with a 15-year-old choirgirl.
Mark William Michaels, 54, pleaded guilty July 11 to three counts of lewd of lascivious acts with a child of 14 or 15 years.
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Rep. Anthony D. Weiner on Wednesday continued to try to extricate himself from allegations that he tried to send a college student a lewd photo over the Twitter social network, though the congressman's explanations did little to contain the sordid drama.
Weiner, a brash Democrat from New York who is considered a rising star in his party, maintained Wednesday that his personal Twitter account had been hacked, but in television interviews he would not say for certain whether the crotch-level photo of a man dressed only in underwear was or was not him.
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SANTA ANA - A Downey man was convicted Monday for lewd acts committed in August 2009 at Knott's Berry Farm's Soak City.
Orange County prosecutor Mark Birney said 32-year-old Albert Omar Martinez was convicted of lewd acts upon a teenage girl and attempted lewd acts on other girls at the water park.