Assault leads to Brookings man s arrest
Brookings police arrested a 41-year-old man on multiple charges Saturday morning. Police arrested Donald Lawson, of Brookings, at 2:20 a.m. on charges of fourth-degree assault, harassment and reckless endangerment. No further details of the incident ...
 0.4K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 819.0 Fight lands man in jail on drug charge
One Coos Bay bank was closed Saturday, but police picked up a man in the parking lot, and soon after made a deposit at the Coos County jail. At 2:27 a.m., officers responded to a call about man and woman fighting outside Sterling Savings Bank, 150 S....
0.6K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 73.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 5, 5:08 a.m., a prowler was reported in the 800 block of Elrod Avenue. Nov. 5, 10:21 a.m., an illegal fire was reported in the 63400 block of Shinglehouse Slough Ro...
6.3K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 170.0 Iran covered up rape of detainees
Iran covered up rape of detainees CAIRO (AP) An international human rights group said Friday it has documented three cases of sexual assault against detainees arrested during Iran s postelection turmoil, including one that was supported by an offic...
3.2K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 170.0 Jail expenses return to pre-layoff levels
COQUILLE - Almost three years ago, Coos County laid off 22 jail workers and limited the number of prisoners it would house, all to save slightly less than $1 million a year. Today, felons walk free in a third of the time, yet jail spending has c...
6.2K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 73.0 911 call prompts arrest
Coos County deputies arrested a Myrtle Point man Thursday after a dispatcher reported receiving a threatening 911 call. Deputies responded to 51511 Old Big Creek Road in Bridge after a man called 911 and said he had a weapon and would kill police if ...
0.9K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 440.0 Subject officers to random drug tests
Am I the only one who sees the illegal activities that go on within the county of Coos? I mean law enforcement are the most crooked/corrupt members of this community. Law officials spend way too much time trying to fix an arrest and conviction agai...
1.5K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 73.0 Police search college dorms
Coos Bay police officers shook down some dorm rooms at Southwestern Oregon Community College on Friday morning in their ongoing investigation into a recent sexual assault. Officers served several search warrants within student housing and interviewed...
2.3K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 73.0 Sherbondy will hear sentence on Monday
A Coquille woman will soon find out how much time she ll serve behind bars, when a Coos County judge hands down her sentence for looting more than $10,000 from a fund for graduating high schoolers. On Monday, Gwendolyn Sherbondy will appear in J...
1.0K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 73.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 4, 8:09 a.m. police cited a minor for possessing tobacco on the west end of Elrod Avenue. Nov. 4, 10:23 a.m., suspicious activity and possible fraud was reported in...
2.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 146.0 Police narrow sights on school vandalism suspects
The Curry County Sheriff s Office has recovered 20 computers stolen last month from Pacific High School north of Port Orford. The soggy laptops were stashed on a suspect s property five miles from the school in a gorse patch, sheriff s Lt. John Ward ...
1.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 170.0 Sports Briefs: Seattle releases Edgerrin James
RENTON, Wash. The struggling Seattle Seahawks have released running back Edgerrin James. The Seahawks made the move Tuesday, two days after a lackluster 38-17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. James signed with Seattle in late August hoping to revitaliz...
4.3K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 115.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 3, 8:17 a.m., police cited a man for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana on Fulton. Nov. 3, 9:19 a.m., a hit-and-run accident was reported in the Coos Ba...
3.2K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 190.0 Coos Bay man is arrested
Coos Bay police officers arrested a Coos Bay man on Tuesday after a woman complained her husband wouldn t let her leave her home and her son also was inside. At about 7:41 p.m., officers responded to 1396 California Ave., where they learned that Kada...
0.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 378.0 Fox war is a petty endeavor
Steve and Cokie Roberts, opinionPresidents usually turn to their secretaries of state for foreign-policy advice. But Barack Obama must have been channeling Hillary Clinton when he decided to attack Fox News. It was Clinton, of course, who blamed her ...
3.2K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 73.0 Iranian protest sparks battles
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iranian security forces beat anti-government protesters with batons today on the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover. The counter-demonstrations were the opposition s fir...
5.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 73.0 Judge rules man gold mined illegally
MEDFORD (AP) A federal judge has convicted an Oregon man of illegal mining while digging for gold on U.S. Forest Service land. Clifford R. Tracy of Gold Hill was sentenced to a year on probation. He was also ordered to pay the costs to remedy his r...
2.8K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 73.0 College needs to first solve crimes
This is about the article concerning smokers (The World, Oct. 28) College May Snuff out Smokers. Why? This is still the United States of America and we should still have some rights left, without having intimidation hanging over our heads. Nonsmoke...
2.5K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 73.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 1, 9:20 a.m., an attempted burglary was reported in the 600 block of South Wasson Street. Nov. 1, 10:24 a.m., domestic harassment was reported in the 700 block of D...
7.5K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 220.0 U.S. reverses policy, engages Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) The United States began a new policy of engagement with Myanmar s ruling military junta today, sending two senior diplomats for the highest-level visit in more than a decade. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, the top ...
2.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 73.0 | 
