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A New Orleans ex-stripper who was accused of sexually abusing a 4-year-old boy and having sex with a dog has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Angeline Lodice, 33, of Old Jefferson pleaded guilty Monday to forcible rape, possession of child pornography involving a juvenile under 13 and sexual battery, according to court records cited by NOLA.com. Lodice — who deputies said previously worked as a stripper at a Bourbon Street club in New Orleans — had been jailed since her October 2014 arrest after the boy’s father contacted sheriff’s officials.

BRISTOW, Okla. - Serving on the jury in an indecent-exposure trial unfolding in this conservative Oklahoma town has been a giggle-inducing experience. Former Judge Donald D. Thompson, a veteran of 23 years on the bench, is on trial on charges he used a penis pump on himself in the courtroom while sitting in judgment of others. The white-handled sexual device sits before the jury box for hours at a time. Occasionally an attorney picks it up and squeezes the handle, demonstrating the "sh-sh" sound of air rushing through the contraption's plastic tubing. The jurors sometimes exchange awkward looks and break...

SAN DIEGO - A military jury acquitted a Navy SEAL lieutenant Friday of beating an Iraqi prisoner who later died and of lying about what happened. Jurors deliberated about three hours before finding Lt. Andrew K. Ledford not guilty of all charges. The 32-year-old SEAL had faced up to 11 years in military prison if he had been convicted of assault, dereliction of duty, conduct unbecoming an officer and making false statements. Ledford, who had stood at attention for the verdict's reading, burst into a huge smile and embraced his attorney upon hearing he was acquitted. He later brushed away...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German prison guard who harassed a black American prisoner while dressed in a Ku Klux Klan-style hood has been suspended, the justice ministry in the western state of Hesse said Tuesday. Two guards insulted and intimidated the 41-year old American inmate in March, the ministry said. Both were suspended on May 6, three days after the ministry was made aware of the incident. "I am appalled," said Hesse Justice Minister Christean Wagner, promising a thorough investigation. In its statement, the ministry did not provide more information about the prisoner. It said he was visited by a...

<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actor Tom Sizemore was convicted Friday of one count of physically abusing former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss and several charges of harassing and annoying her, but he was acquitted of 10 other counts.</p> <p>The 41-year-old star of "Black Hawk Down" and "Saving Private Ryan" faces up to four years in prison, but he and his attorney focused on the acquittals on the majority of charges, including three of the most serious.</p>