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Bettendorf woman gets supervised release, house arrest for attempted extortion
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A Bettendorf woman was sentenced in federal court on Thursday to serve one year of supervised release, including four months of home confinement, for attempting to extort a cast member of the television show, "19 Kids and Counting." Theresa Kay Hunt, 49, of Bettendorf, sought to blackmail Discovery Communications Inc., claiming she would release "damaging photos" of the cast member if she wasn't given $10,000, according to a news release for the U.S. District Court for Southern Iowa. Furthermore, "Hunt emailed pictures of the cast member to anundercover FBI agent and stated that she had more pictures buried in a box at her parent's home," the release states. Additional information about the case was not available in online court records. The television show is aired on the TLC network and centers around Michelle and Bob Dugger and their 19 biological children. 
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Today is Saturday, May 25, the 145th day of 2013. There are 220 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The annual review of the fire department of this city took placeyesterday and made a fine showing with machines and hose carts in tip-top order.
1888 -- 125 years ago: Last night's prayer meeting at Central Presbyterian Church wascalled off due to water in the basement, residue of last week's flood.
1913 -- 100 years ago: The junior class of Rock Island High School will hold a riverexcursion on the steamer St. Paul next Tuesday.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The 75th Anniversary of the Rock Island Arsenal today finds thenation's largest ordinance manufacturing plant filling many important orders for the army.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Miss Patrice Daly, Rock Island, a senior at Rock Island HighSchool, won second place in the recent state public speaking contest held in Peoria underthe auspices of the Knights of Pythias.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Hampton's sesquicentennial committee and the Hampton HistoricalSociety have scheduled a full slate of activities, which will be held throughout the year, to celebrate the village's 150th birthday. The first celebration will be the Memorial Dayprogram at 10 a.m. May 30, at the Brettun and Black Store Museum on River Road. Therewill be a sesquicentennial display.
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