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Lisa Lynnette Clark, 37 and pregnant, whose wedding trip led to the Hall County Detention Center after she married a 15-year-old boy, has been released from jail. Clark posted $1,200 bond Friday, ending her nine-day stay at the county lockup in Gainesville. She is charged with sexually molesting a minor, her husband, whom she married Nov. 8. Clark met the youth through her teen son. She says she is pregnant with the 15-year-old's child. Her release infuriated Judy Hayles, the boy's grandmother. "I cannot believe Hall County uncaged this animal," said Hayles, who wants the marriage annulled or the couple...

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TAMPA - A Tampa man is out of jail after a possible road rage incident that gives new meaning to the term "driving left of center." Nathan Winkler, 31, was arrested overnight and charged with aggravated stalking for allegedly terrorizing a mother and her two children. According to police, Winkler pulled up alongside Michelle Fernandez as she was headed south on Armenia and began beeping his horn and flailing his arms, pointing at her. Fernandez, meanwhile, could not see Winkler's face because of a handmade sign in his window that read, "Never forget Bush's illegal oil war murdered thousands in...

The attorney for a former Warren County teacher entered innocence pleas for her today to charges she had a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old boy. Lawyer Peter Strianse entered the pleas for 27-year-old Pamela Turner, who wasn't in the McMinnville courtroom. District Attorney General Dale Potter says he and Strianse have discussed a possible plea bargain. Circuit Court Judge Larry Stanley Junior set a May 25th deadline for an agreement. The indictment says Turner "had supervisory or disciplinary power over the victim" at the time of the offenses. Prosecutors say Turner engaged in a three-month affair with the boy and...

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