Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 9, 8:21 a.m., a man reported his wallet was taken while he was sleeping at the South Coast Gospel Mission, 1999 N. Seventh St. Nov. 9, 8:54 a.m., a student had her ...
 3.1K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 115.0 Police ticket Springfield woman after crash
Coos County deputies arrested a Springfield woman Sunday morning on drunken-driving charges, following a single-vehicle crash near U.S. Highway 101 north of North Bend. North Bay firefighters and deputies responded to North Bay Road near the intersec...
0.7K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 115.0 Bunker Hill assault report lands man in jail
Coos County deputies arrested Mark Potter, 30, of Coos Bay, this morning on charges of first-degree burglary and fourth-degree assault. Police responded to 93613 W. Howard Road in Bunker Hill, where the owner said he d been assaulted by his neighbor....
0.4K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 73.0 Grandparents can help kids love reading
Within the last week, two grandparents from opposite ends of the country e-mailed to say that they regularly buy books for their grandchildren based on my reviews. Of course, I m very flattered. But more than that, their selfless acts of generosity i...
4.8K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 73.0 Women of the Year:
NEW YORK Even for a venue as grand as New York s Carnegie Hall, there was a pretty dazzling concentration of star power at Glamour magazine s Women of the Year awards. Pop star Rihanna was there, in the most body-hugging of gowns. Tennis star Seren...
4.8K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 73.0 Sherbondy in prison for 2 years
COQUILLE When Gwen Sherbondy stole money from a graduation fund for Coquille seniors, she didn t just take $11,665. As a parent helper for the fundraiser, she also betrayed the community s trust to pay for her gambling addiction. It s for this...
4.2K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 73.0 Don't deny a person's innocence
You can t have it both ways. Either a defendant is proven guilty or not. If not, then the defendant is innocent. You can t be maybe guilty in our legal system as implied in an editorial. Just because the police make an arrest or the DA s office bri...
0.6K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 73.0 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 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 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 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 170.0 911 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 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 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 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 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 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 | 
