(Newser) – Former middle school teacher Debra LaFave who was convicted of having sex with a 14-year-old male student was arrested yesterday in Florida for violating her probation by having unsupervised contact with a minor police said. LaFave had been working as a waitress and is accused of repeatedly discussing personal problems boyfriends and sex in private conversations with a 17-year-old female coworker.
Her attorney dismissed the contact as "girl talk," and LaFave's "shocked" co-workers said she never behaved inappropriately. "We don't understand this at all,'' said the restaurant manager. "We are completely blown away.'' If a judge determines LeFave breached the conditions of her probation she could face up to 15 years in jail.
Tim Mahoney has come clean about having "multiple affairs” reports ABC News. The Florida congressman admits his behavior was "disgraceful" but insists he did not violate any laws. His six-figure payoff to hush one mistress came from personal funds. Mahoney says and his affair with a county official was unrelated to her county receiving over $3 million in FEMA funds.
Just two years after Mark Foley resigned. Florida’s 16th district has another sex scandal on its hands.
Time reports. Democratic Representative Tim Mahoney who is fighting for reelection has been implicated in an affair/payoff scandal and investigators are wondering if he hushed his mistress with taxpayer dollars. Mahoney took Foley’s seat vacant because of the congressman’s dalliances on a platform of change.
Maybe it’s Florida? Two years have passed since Mark Foley. Palm Beach’s Republican Congressman was forced to resign after sending lewd messages to male pages. His successor. Democrat Tim Mahoney who ran on a ticket of “restoring America’s values,” gave a former mistress $121,000 and a $50,000-a-year job to keep quiet about his philandering. ABC News reports.
reports. The mother of missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony is charged with theft and check fraud; the new counts appear to go above and beyond previous theft and fraud charges that saw Anthony’s second arrest last week. She will go before a judge tomorrow.
Police have seized a record 1.5 tons of marijuana in Florida's Hillsborough County the
St. Petersburg Times reports. The drugs carry an estimated street value of $13 million making the bust the county's largest to date. Raids on area homes resulted in 62 arrests and authorities say more will follow.
Former middle school teacher Debra Lafave center leaves the Hillsborough County Courthouse in this Nov. 22. 2005 file photo with her attorney John Fitzgibbons right after pleading guilty to having... (Associated Press)
Former middle school teacher Debra Lafave is shown in this 2005 file photo. Lafavre serving house arrest for having sex with a 14-year-old student was arrested Tuesday for violating her probation state... (Associated Press)
This booking photo released by the Hillsborough County Jail shows Debra Lafave. Laave was arrested Tuesday Dec. 4. 2007 for violating the terms of her probation. Lafave was originally arrested on June... (Associated Press)
Temple Terrace. Fla. middle school teacher Debra Beasley Lafave shown in this undated Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office booking photo has been charged with having sex numerous times with a 14-year-old... (Associated Press)
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