SJ.com Summer Romance Series

She looks like a student, not a teacher.

 

Personally, I like this story better from the same site. And as a bonus, some great writing.

http://www.ktvb.com/news/regional/stories/kgw_011007_animal_cat_caper.28783823.html

A cat trying to slip through a stranger’s doggie door to nibble on a fellow feline’s food had apparently already had one snack too many and got stuck during the cat caper.

 

I think that's just Eddie Murphy in a cat fat suit...

 

Lady prosecutors need love, too.

http://wcbstv.com/local/prosecutor.pleads.guilty.2.766971.html


Ex-Prosecutor Gets 2 Years For Sex With Teens
Beth Modica's Children Renounce Her At Sentencing
NEW CITY, N.Y. (CBS) ― A former Rockland County prosecutor was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison and 10 years probation for having sex with teenage boys. Yet perhaps the worst of all for Beth Modica is the public shame heaped on her by her own daughter.

Modica arrived in court knowing she'd be facing a judge and prison bars for a significant period of time, but the 44-year-old mother of four probably didn't know she'd face a painful public repudiation by her 16-year-old daughter Danielle.

"She certainly understands that the daughter was angry right from the beginning, but to come out and recommend that your mom go to state prison, that's a pretty devastating happening," said Gerard Damiani Modica's attorney.

Last summer at her home in Sloatsburg, Modica gave her children and their friends beer and marijuana and engaged in sex with two young men, including her daughter's boyfriend.

Modica cried as her daughter described pounding on a bathroom door while her mother seduced and performed oral sex on the boyfriend on the other side.

"We were competing for the same 15-year-old boy. What kind of person does this to her child? She should be punished for the awful things she has done," Danielle said during the courtroom proceeding. "I was betrayed by both of them."

At one point the judge said, "Your daughter's boyfriend? That's disgusting."

Prosecutor Dominick Crispino also read a letter from Modica's son Joseph, who told his mother, "I am truly ashamed and disgusted with you."

Modica's 12-year-old son, Nicholas, also wrote to request prison time for his mother, saying, "I need to know when she gets out of jail it will be safe for me to be around her."

Listening to it all was Leslie Brown, whose 16-year-old son Modica had pleaded guilty to raping.

"I'm devastated for their family as well as my own. We're all victims," she said, calling Modica a "sly and manipulative sexual predator."

Modica tearfully apologized, saying she "I am truly sorry and will be eternally remorseful."

Her lawyer said unexplained emotional problems caused her to commit the crimes. She will serve time in a prison that specializes in treating sex offenders.

Modica's estranged husband is the Spring Valley police chief. The judge, who called Modica a "disgusting monster," said their home should have been the ultimate safe place for teens, but instead it became a place of betrayal.

Besides two years in state prison for Modica's guilty plea to statutory rape and criminal sex act, the judge imposed 10 years probation, sex offender registration and 10-year orders of protection for the two boys she had sex with.

 

So THAT'S what Vera from Alice is up to these days.

And Poin, what's your reaction when you hear Don't Stand So Close To Me by The Police on the radio?

 

Okay, so this one doesn't involve boys and it is weird. If you don't like these kind of stories, do not click.
http://newsok.com/article/3262499?topten_check=yes

 

Kiss my grits! Flo too. This thread is a veritable Alice reunion.

 

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080715/NEWS0107/807150320/1167/NEWS
A 25-year-old married teacher and group-home housemother had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy there - and became pregnant with the teen's child, authorities said Monday.

Now Carolynn Hatcher, who formerly lived with the teen in a group home, has been criminally charged and is in the midst of divorce proceedings.

Making matters worse: The teen has run away.

"It's heartbreaking and a tragedy all the way around," said Mike Fox, executive director of Butler County Children Services. "I promised to tell the truth, and this is one of those unbelievable, ugly truths that happen in the world of child welfare."

The boy's disappearance also creates an unusual dilemma for officials: They don't think they can enlist the public's help to find him.

That's because the teen falls under two classes that rightfully should shield his identity: He's both a foster child and an alleged sexual-abuse victim.

"Is it really in his interest to put his picture on the 6 o'clock news and tell people, 'If you see this kid, call us?' " Fox said. "Right now, the answer to that question is 'no.' "

Fox's agency, which has had legal custody of the teen since 2004, placed the boy with Hatcher at the Mid-Western Children's Home in Pleasant Plain, a Warren County village southeast of Lebanon.

Fox says his agency and the group home followed every procedure to try to protect the child, including background checks on Hatcher, who has no prior criminal record.

"No matter how hard you try to predict it and no matter how hard you try to minimize the risk, you will have people who slip through the net," Fox said.

Hatcher posted $30,000 bond and was released Monday from the Warren County Jail. Officials say she was staying with a friend in the Loveland area. She couldn't be located for comment.

As for the missing teen, police have been searching for him since he fled Saturday after a court-appointed special advocate took the teen to get ice cream at the Bridgewater Falls shopping area in Fairfield Township, Fox said. The advocate tracked down the boy at a Kroger store and he ran away again, Fox said. The advocate followed procedure and reported the matter to police.

The boy is a repeat runaway, Fox said, yet authorities can do little to stop him.

"It's very, very difficult, almost impossible, to place a foster child in a locked facility - and consequently, they pretty much run whenever they want to," Fox said.

Fox's agency also has hired a private investigator to aid in the search.

"We've had people out looking for him all day," Fox said Monday evening. "It's heartbreaking to have a child come into our care and custody, and have him be violated while he's in our care and custody. ... Did we do everything reasonable in this case to try to make sure something like this didn't happen? The answer is yes."

A Warren County indictment released Monday accuses Hatcher of six counts of sexual battery, a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison. The indictment says the crimes happened during April and May.

The allegations came to light from another child who lived in the home, said Warren County Prosecutor Rachel Hutzel.

The private, nonprofit group home has been a fixture in Warren County for as long as Hutzel can remember, with a relatively problem-free history.

Midwestern officials responded properly to the allegations, and took quick steps to protect the child, Fox said, including alerting police and Children Services.

The boy was not immediately removed from the home because Hatcher had left the home by the time the allegations surfaced, officials said.

He was placed in a Fairfield foster home July 11, Fox said.

Mid-Western fired Hatcher in June, and Hatcher has told investigators that she was 10 weeks pregnant - and that the teen is the baby's father, Hutzel said.

"This boy was put into care because he was in a troubled home," Hutzel said. "This woman was supposed to be part of the solution. Instead, she became part of the problem."

Children Services interviewed all other Butler County children who were placed with Hatcher at Mid-Western, and found no other serious concerns.

 

There's Poin pandering again.

 

The summer is heating up
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/5891139.html