News Briefs

NEWS BRIEFS

UTAH
Oct 27, 2008 - The retrial of Arielle Beck, 29, is scheduled to begin April 20. Beck was sentenced to prison in 2003 for sexually abusing Kelly Sowell. The girl, who was 14, committed suicide two years later. In 2007, the Court of Appeals overturned the conviction and the Utah Supreme Court upheld that decision.
TT entry for Beck

OKLAHOMA
October 27, 2008 - A substitute teacher was arrested Friday at Edmond Memorial High School for public intoxication at the school. Charlene Banks. 48, reportedly smelled of alcoholic beverage, her speech was slurred and she was unsteady on her feet.
No entry. No followup.
Most likely they will take her off their substitute list. They did.

MISSISSIPPI
October 27, 2008 - Madison police are investigating allegations of sexual misconduct involving a student and a female employee at Madison Central High School. Police were made aware of the allegations last week. (The comment from a teacher at the story will make your eyebrows flutter. And the follow-on comment is equally mind boggling.) Also mentioned in the story are two other teacher/employee misconduct cases.
TT entry for Loni Marie Folks
TT entry for Rebecca Dawn Bogard

FLORIDA
Bubba Nall's name is on the docket to appear Tuesday where the judge will hear possible guilty pleas. Guy Bubba Nall was arrested September of 2007 on an incest charge and was indicted by a Coffee County grand jury in October 2007 on seven incest charges. Incest is a Class C felony. He's also known as Bubba Guy, the name on his Florida teacher's certification.
TT entry for Guy Bubba Nall (With some interesting comments.)