Rapist gets 16 years


Sunday, June 28, 2009 | 3 comment(s)

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A Coos Bay man convicted of three first-degree rape charges will serve more than 16 years in prison for the crimes.

Coos County Circuit Judge Martin Stone sentenced Thomas H. Wilson, 34, on Friday morning.

First-degree rape is covered by the Measure 11 mandatory sentencing law, which requires eight years and four months for each count. Though Stone issued the mandatory sentences, Wilson will serve time on two of the charges at the same time, Coos County District Attorney R. Paul Frasier said.

“I argued for them to run consecutively, but Judge Stone gave him one concurrent,” Frasier said.

Jurors found Wilson guilty Wednesday, following a two-day trial presided over by Stone. One count stems from the rape of a teenage acquaintance in 1999 on “property associated with Mr. Wilson” on South Coos River Lane, according to a press release from the district attorney’s office. The other two counts are associated with two incidents in 2003, in which he raped a second 16-year-old on the same property.

The jury found Wilson not guilty of two additional counts of first-degree rape related to the second victim.
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Just Me wrote on Jun 29, 2009 8:02 AM:

To ORECOAST007: That is why I said FINALLY some justice! I am just as upset as you and probably alot of people out there about Beckett and Cameron! I think the only reason this guy got the time is because he had a jury trial, the others did not. When it comes time to elect a new D.A, we all need to think about the job that Frasier HAS NOT done and re-elect a new one! Frasier has no back bone when it comes to putting these rapists away, or anyone for that matters! Just look at his track record, it speaks for itself!

orecoast007 wrote on Jun 28, 2009 10:48 PM:

Good job Judge stone and jury........ It is just too bad Mr.Beckett and Mr.Cameron did not get the same fate... What in the ******* hell? Do they think the are better than this guy?

Just Me wrote on Jun 27, 2009 7:59 AM:

Yee Haa!! Finally, some justice is served up on a platter in Coos County and my faith is restored! Maybe just maybe this will serve as a deterant to the other sicko pedophiles out there that this could possibly happen to them, I doubt it, but this is the toughest sentence that has come down in a long time! Thank you Judge Stone, and the jury!


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