CORAL GABLES (LALATE) – The Casey Anthony jailhouse video tape has been ordered released. The Casey Anthony jail house tape (video below, screengrab above) features Anthony learning that Caylee Anthony was found dead. The tape was recorded without Anthony’s knowledge on December 11, 2008. Far before Anthony was under fire by a nation, prosecutors were under fire for their actions with this tape.

Moments ago, Judge Belvin Perry ordered that the tape could be released. The tape had been a heated issue before and even after the trial. Prosecutors were accused before the trial of staging the taping. After news choppers were broadcasting live that Caylee’s remains had been found, prosecutors were accused of calling jailhouse officials, bringing in Casey Anthony to a different room, secretly recording her reaction to the discovery of Caylee’s remains, and then trying to use that tape for their trial.

Judge Perry ultimately agreed  that the conduct by prosecutors was deplorable. He agreed with Jose Baez that the means by which the tape was taken was suspect and could not be introduced during the trial.

Then after the trial, local news petitioned the court to have the tape released. That petition was initially declined. Today the court agreed to release the tape. The court found that Anthony’s interests had been served and was not longer in jeopardy by release of the tape.

In 2008, LALATE first reported about the controversial footage. Anthony was in the Orange County jail at the time. The Sheriff’s Office thereafter learned that human remains had been found on Suburban Drive. The prosecution had already been under fire for filtering damaging information about Casey Anthony to the news media since her arrest.

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On December 11, 2008, local TV programming was interrupted by live breaking news coverage from Suburban Drive on the human remains. The Sheriff’s Office thereafter called over to the Orange County jail. They instructed officials to move Casey Anthony into a room in which the TV broadcast was airing. An Orange County Corrections lieutenant then secretly taped Casey Anthony’s reactions.

The video had no sound. Orange County Corrections lieutenants quickly leaked to news their impression of Casey Anthony’s reaction.

Casey had no knowledge why she was brought into the room, nor that the room had surveillance tapes recording her response to the TV news coverage. The prosecution then sought to use those tapes as evidence.

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Jose Baez called it an outrageous attempt by the State to taint the jury pool in advance of jury selection. The Court eventually agreed with the defense. The Court ruled that the State’s releasing the video to the news media would cause the jury pool to be tainted.

Today, Judge Belvin Perry ruled that the interest in a fair trial was no longer an issue. He denied the defense’s claim that the tape’s release violated medical privacy law. Defense had argued that the tape was recorded in a jail medical facility and that Anthony was on medication at the time. Below is the video tape.

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Meagan Gordon was allegedly passing out scandal photos of herself to one student during class while giving out homework to other students. Meagan Gordon, 22, has been arrested for allegedly showing pictures of herself to a teen boy, 15, while class was even in progress.

Meagan Gordon was a substitute teacher at Sussex Technical High School in Delaware. But she allegedly wanted the full time attention of a 15 year old student she taught. So during one break she allegedly told one of her students to take her cellphone with him and look at some pictures in the phone.

The student went to the restroom and observed the pictures. Then he returned to her classroom and gave her the phone back. Gordon is accused of then beginning class with students in session while advancing further through the phone to scandalous unclothed pictures.

While conducting class live, she allegedly walked over the teen’s table and handed him back with the phone, now prompted on the scandalous pictures. From there the two began texting.

Eventually the boy’s mother found out. Investigators say the teacher and boy never had contact. She is out on $1500 bail.

Most recently, another female teacher Kelly Miller reportedly conducted an anatomy class, only to allegedly pass out pictures of herself unclothed during the lesson.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A lockdown of Carlsbad district schools has been lifted. All Carlsbad school were put under lockdown after a threatening email was sent to district officials. The contents of the email included a threat that a student would be on a campus today with a firearm.

The threatening email was set at 11:20 AM PST and warned of a weapon-yielding student Friday. But the email never mentioned which campus the alleged student was targeting. The email has since been determined to be a hoax.

Today marks one week before the anniversary of gunfire violence on a district school. On Oct. 8, 2010, Kelly Elementary School in Carlsbad suffered gunfire allegedly from Brendan Liam O’Rourke. Liam O’Rourke still remains in custody pending trial.

Officials ended the lockdown at 12:30 pm following “an abundance of caution” to insure no threat of harm. The lockdown lasted for a total of one hour. Officials have yet to confirm to news if investigators are searching for the email’s author.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – The South Gate Southeast High School stabbing today prompted an early morning lockdown. But by afternoon, the lockdown was ended. LAFD tells news, however, that the at least one victim is in critical condition.

At roughly noon time today, local news reported that at least three victims were stabbed at South East High School in South Gate. Minutes later, local news reported that one person was in critical condition, two persons had minor injuries. A Fox 11 news reporter was informed by LAPD that the attacker was a teen student. “[A] teen who stabbed his girlfriend is a student at South East High and is now in custody… South East High on lockdown after teen, reportedly a student, stabbed his girlfriend; another boy and a dean.”

Thereafter, news reports indicated that a LAUSD Police Officer was injured apprehending the teen attacker; the officer was transported to a local area hospital with non-serious injuries.

Then at roughly 1 pm, local news report that the lockdown ended, with the suspect in custody. By 1:30 PM PST, reports confirmed that the stabbing victims include a school dead (with no life threatening injuries), the LAUSD Police Officer, another boy, and the girlfriend.

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CORAL GABLES (LALATE) – Juliana Ramirez, Manny Ramirez’s wife, suffered domestic violence, claimed a D.A. today. Juliana Ramirez (photos below) suffered domestic violence back earlier this month claimed prosecutors Friday, charging her husband with misdemeanor domestic violence and battery.

The Broward State Attorney’s Office charged Ramirez today, asserting that Manny Ramirez slapped his wife’s face in September causing her head to smack a bedroom headboard.

On or around September 13, Juliana Ramirez told investigators that Manny hit her head with an open hand. She said that the impact caused her head to slam against a bedboard, causing more injuries.

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Police previously told news that Juliana suffered facial swelling and a contusion on the back of her head. Manny Ramirez retired from Major League Baseball after he tested positive for performance enhancing substances. While he was previously with the Dodgers, Ramirez was issued a 50 game suspension.

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Manny Ramirez has yet to comment about today’s charges. MLB previously told news that if Ramirez sought baseball reinstatement in the future, he would have to undergo MLB’s program before being reconsidered.

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