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JULY 7--A 31-year-old Ohio woman who posed as a teenage boy is facing felony charges after cops discovered that she was engaged in an illicit sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl who was unaware of the bizarre impersonation scheme. Patricia Dye, 31, is being held in a Warren County lockup following her arrest last week (Dye is pictured in the above mug shot). Police began probing Dye after locating the teenager after she ran away from home. When found, the girl "was with a male subject who was in fact a 31-year-old female," according to a Springboro Police Department report....

FAIRFIELD, Ill. — A tip from the public led to the arrest of a Fairfield (Ill.) Community High School gym teacher on charges she had unlawful sexual contact with a student. Haven A. Kirkpatrick, 29, of Fairfield faces eight counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse — all felonies. If convicted, she faces between three and seven years in prison on each count. Kirkpatrick was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon at the home of her parents in Carmi and lodged in the White County Jail pending transfer to Wayne County. Circuit Judge Tim Neubauer set her bond at $100,000. The arrest...