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Keep in mind every time something like this happens, his poll numbers are resilient. he says he's running again. take a listen. >> these allegations are ridiculous. >> reporter: after months of bold-faced denials. >> i did not use crack cocaine nor am i an addict of crack cocaine. >> reporter: toronto mayor rob ford's confession was as riveting as it was blunt. >> yes, i smoked crack cocaine. >> when, sir? >> do i? am i an addict? no. have i tried it? probably in a drunken stupor about a year ago. >> reporter: there it was, the sordid truth that this mayor could no longer outrun, months of sec...

He has since been arrested on extortion charges allegedly threatening those that have the original copy of this video so just thinking further, he says whatever it shows. he lant seen it? >> we don't know why he would be so hope about putting that video in public other than really to show torontoans, those in toronto, that this video is not out there. who knows what the defense is. whether or not he can defend himself even if there is vids owe of me smoking from a glass pipe, you don't really know what's in it. his approval ratings have gone up 5%. they just got a lot of su port rs, fred. he's...

To real life for me as well that this person did this to me. >> well, young jared james abrams is actually charged officially with federal extortion charges. that enough? could there be more? and how did they find him, anyway? lori siegel joins me now and donny cevallas. first to you, who knows a lot about the internet. how did they get to him? >> a lot of ways. they were able to track down his ip address. his ip address, they were able to associate with him, then take it a step further, look at the e-mails, look at the correspondence. they were able to actually find him in forums asking about...

Area, to a $1 million extortion letter sent to mcneil consumer products, the johnson & johnson-owned company that manufactures tylenol. the letter threatens more tylenol deaths if demands aren't met. >> when you write letters of that sort where you'll kill again, you're sort of inviting the scrutiny. >> investigators soon realized lewis was not in the state of illinois during the time frame that the bottles appeared on store shelves. with no evidence directly linking him to the murders, authorities can only convict lewis on extortion charges. he's given a 20-year prison sentence. >> one of the...

Murderer played solitaire in the courtroom. the judge didn't even deny it. convicted killer joran vander slot will be coming to the u.s. in 20-years. he will finish out his sentence before he is extradited. he faces extortion charges in alabama in connection with the disappearance of natalee hollow holloway. >> he has plenty of money to pay his bills but a landlord refuse to go let a national guardsman rent her place. the reason she says it's all because he fought for our country. here with the story wfxt's crystal haines. >> it will be a conflict of interest for me to move in there. it should...