Busted

The school principal at the center of a sex video scandal issued a public apology today as children at Sandridge Elementary School returned from spring break.

Leroy Coleman, 56, resigned Thursday after a secretly filmed DVD showing him having sex in his office with science teacher Janet Lofton, 41, was mailed to parents and the media.

Lofton also resigned, as did Anjala Reed, a teacher’s aide shown hugging and kissing with Coleman.

In a statement released by his attorney today, Coleman said, “I want to apologize to my wife of 30 years.

“My actions were not those of a loyal husband. She has endured with me all the humiliation and pain.”

School board president Cheryl Ward has speculated the DVD’s release was timed to affect the school board election Tuesday.

The recordings apparently were made in December and January.

But Coleman declined to comment on who might be behind the DVD — filmed with a hidden camera — or what their motive was.

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Her Name Was Too Long

BEACH CITY, Ohio—A man climbing a rock in eastern Ohio to spray-paint a love message died after slipping and falling, his friend said. Arthur Lewis, 21, of Navarre was pronounced dead Wednesday at Akron City Hospital.

Lewis and friend Richard Burkey climbed to the top part of Mackin’s Rock in Tuscarawas County Tuesday so Lewis could paint “Art loves Kaylee,” his girlfriend of more than three years, Burkey said. The rock, south of Beach City, is painted with several other similar messages.

“He was trying reach out further to get her name done,” Burkey said. “He kept saying her name was too long. He tried to reach out further and he slipped.”

The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office is investigating the death and said Lewis fell 25 to 30 feet.

Burkey said his cell phone didn’t get reception at the rock, so he put Lewis in the back of his pickup truck and drove to a service station, where medical assistance was called.

Lewis is believed to have been with a friend or relative near Hobo’s Cave at the time of the fall and was flown by medical helicopter to the Akron hospital, the medical examiner said.

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