Weekly News Clips -- January 13, 2011
Rae Ann Leach, who attacked a Boise toddler in 1995, gets another chance at parole
When Annie Hickerson looks at her daughter Mary, she sees a strong, confident 18-year-old high school senior with limitless potential. http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/01/13/1950940/another-chance-at-parole-for-rae.html#storylink=latest#storylink=cpy
Former high school teacher faces jail time for sexual relationship with student
AMERICAN FALLS -- A former American Falls High School teacher faces 45 days in jail for having a sexual relationship with a student.
http://www.ktvb.com/news/crime/Former-high-school-teacher-faces-jail-time-for-sexual-relationship-with-student-137277543.html
Charge reduced in car passenger shooting case
RUPERT, Idaho -- A magistrate judge has ruled there isn't enough evidence to charge a 24-year-old Burley man with second-degree murder in the Dec. 17 shooting death of a passenger in his pickup as he and three others drove home from a bar.
http://www.ktvb.com/news/crime/Charge-reduced-in-car-passenger-shooting-case-137190208.html
Indictment charges 2 men in sex case with minors
BOISE -- Federal prosecutors say two men have been charged with transporting two southeast Idaho minors across state lines to engage in illegal sexual activity.
http://www.ktvb.com/news/crime/Indictment-charges-2-men-in-sex-case-with-minors-137189423.html
Area men face federal drug charges
Jaime Guerrero, of Glenns Ferry, was indicted in U.S. District Court and charged with two federal felony counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
http://www.mountainhomenews.com/story/1803273.html
Regional News
Former Butte judge pleads guilty to bribery
MISSOULA- A former Butte city judge has pleaded guilty in federal court this morning to a felony charge of bribery. http://www.kpax.com/news/former-butte-judge-pleads-guilty-to-bribery/
National News
Mom of missing SC boy faces prostitution charges
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The mother of a South Carolina toddler missing since Thanksgiving was arrested in Georgia and accused of prostitution shortly before her son disappeared, according to police records.
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/01/13/1951389/mom-of-missing-sc-boy-faces-prostitution.html#storylink=cpy
'Prolific' Ariz. child molester gets 560 years
PHOENIX — A man dubbed by "America's Most Wanted" as one of the most prolific child molesters in Arizona history has been sentenced to 560 years in prison. http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/01/13/1951507/prolific-ariz-child-molester-gets.html#storylink=cpy
Peru court sentences Van der Sloot to 28 years
LIMA, Peru (AP) - A Peruvian court on Friday sentenced Joran van der Sloot to 28 years in prison for murder of a young woman he met at a Lima casino.
http://www.kboi2.com/news/national/Peru-court-sentences-Van-der-Sloot-to-28-years--137285648.html Texas mom sentenced to 45 years for killing son, 6
BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) - A Texas woman was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison for suffocating her 6-year-old son in a New Hampshire motel room and leaving his body along a dirt road in Maine.
http://www.kboi2.com/news/national/Texas-mom-sentenced-to-45-years-for-killing-son-6-137278593.html
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