Man receives 30 days in rape case
COQUILLE The victim of a 22-year-old church volunteer s sexual advances shared her story in court Monday, reading from a prepared statement in between sobs. The victim focused on the emotional toll of sleeping with a man seven years her senior. She...
5.3K - Jan. 27, 2009; scored 1000.0

On the docket
These felony cases are on the Coos County Circuit Court docket. The list reflects preliminary information from the court, not guilt or conviction. Monday Susan R. Carter Change of plea hearing on charges including 20 counts of first-degree theft an...
1.8K - Jan. 23, 2009; scored 106.0

Man pleads guilty in rape case
Damon Noel pleaded guilty Monday to a charge he had sex with a teenage girl he met through a vacation Bible school in North Bend. A grand jury had indicted the 22-year-old Mississippi native on charges of third-degree rape, contributing to the sexual...
1.8K - Jan. 14, 2009; scored 723.0

Church volunteer pleads not guilty in sex case
COQUILLE Damon Noel pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he had sex with a teenage girl he met through a vacation Bible school in North Bend. A grand jury indicted the 22-year-old Mississippi native last week on charges of third-degree rape, contri...
1.1K - Dec. 9, 2008; scored 529.0

Church volunteer arraigned
A Coos County judge released a local church volunteer on his own recognizance Tuesday, after the 22-year-old man was arraigned on charges of third-degree rape, contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor and third-degree sex abuse. North Bend p...
0.7K - Dec. 3, 2008; scored 424.0

Volunteer's arrest surprises NB church
NORTH BEND - There were no warning signs with Damon Noel. At least none that the Rev. Rich LaMar could detect. He was favorably thought of in the church, LaMar said. He didn t appear to be anything more than a wonderful person. On Friday, North Ben...
4.9K - Dec. 2, 2008; scored 278.0

Youth pastor faces sex charges
North Bend police have arrested a local church s assistant youth pastor on charges alleging he had sexual relations with a teenage girl he met at a church function. According to Officer Jon Bohanan, police confronted the suspect near Boyton Park, whe...
0.8K - Nov. 29, 2008; scored 158.0