edwin peratta targeted spanish-speaking peoplg struggling to pay their mortgages. >> it makes it more shameful and reprehensible, because he also represented himself as a clergy member. >> he defrauded at least 32 victims. he would persuade his victims to sign over the title of his homes to them and collect their mortgage payments. >> a high school teacher was sentenced today. he made national headlines when he moved in with a former student. 41-year-old james hooker faces charges. another former student says she was in a relationship with hooker in 1998 when she was 17 years old. >> an emotional morning for suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi. it wasn't what happened inside the courtroom that had him tearing up. rob roth was there as mirkarimi spoke of what he called a love letter from his wife. rob? >> when sus pended sheriff ross mirkarimi walked out of the hall of justice this morning, he began choking up. ross mirkarimi became emotional talking about his wife, ileana lopez. they're barred from having any contact and she's in venezuela with their son. in a column today she wrote: the