Grand jury clears cop of rape charge
A Coos County grand jury has decided not to charge a North Bend police officer with a crime after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman. North Bend Police Chief Steve Scibelli put officer Jason Griggs, 36, on administrative leave ...
 2.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 795.0 Sports Briefs: Woods holds share of lead with Watney
SHANGHAI Tiger Woods has shot another 5-under 67 in the HSBC Champions, this one giving him a share of the 36-hole lead with Nick Watney in the final World Golf Championship of the year. Woods overcame mild frustration early in his round Friday by ...
6.0K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 148.0 Defense criticizes Smart case report competency report in Smart case
SALT LAKE CITY Defense attorneys for the man charged in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart say a psychiatrist s report deeming him competent for trial is advocacy, not an objective evaluation of facts. In U.S. District Court filings released lat...
2.2K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 115.0 NB man will not face charges
A Douglas County grand jury has decided a North Bend man should not face a charge of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Heidi Johnson. Douglas County Deputy District Attorney Deborah Stoll presented evidence against John Flaxel last week t...
1.9K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 829.0 DA clears track coach
The state has dropped sex abuse charges against Wendi Boutiette, but she s still reeling from the events of the past nine months. Her 9-year-old son has wondered whether his mom would go to jail. She stepped down as Coquille High School s track coach...
4.1K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 115.0 DA dismisses charges against former track coach
The Douglas County District Attorney s office has filed a motion to dismiss sex-abuse charges against former Coquille High School track coach Wendi Boutiette. The filing was prompted by the unwillingness of Boutiette s alleged victim to cooperate wit...
1.4K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 115.0 Nonprofit director faces theft charges
A Lane County Circuit Court judge arraigned Siuslaw Outreach Services former executive director Tuesday on a grand jury indictment, charging four counts of first-degree theft. The embezzlement charges are connected to an undisclosed amount of missin...
1.5K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 115.0 Son of NYC socialite Brooke Astor could get 25 years for looting her $200 million estate
NEW YORK (AP) Philanthropist Brooke Astor s 85-year-old son had it all but wanted more, and now he might have to face his remaining years in a stark prison cell after being convicted of looting his ailing mother s nearly $200 million estat...
1.2K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 115.0 Smart may face alleged abductor
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Elizabeth Smart would tell a court the former street preacher accused of abducting her was motivated by sex, not religion, if she is allowed to testify at his competency hearing, a federal prosecutor said Friday. If Smart s test...
2.6K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 115.0 Judge tells child porn suspect to get lawyer
COQUILLE A Coos County man, arrested at a Bend hotel last week, could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted with the maximum sentence on 40 felony charges related to child pornography. John C. Hudson III, 43, entered a not guilty plea a...
2.6K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 115.0 Judge tells child porn suspect to get lawyer
COQUILLE A Coos County man, arrested at a Bend hotel last week, could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted with the maximum sentence on 40 felony charges related to child pornography. John C. Hudson III, 43, entered a not guilty plea a...
2.4K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 115.0 Dear John, please just go away
Susan Estrich, columnist Last weekend, The New York Times reported on its front page that former Senator, vice presidential candidate and presidential candidate John Edwards was considering publicly acknowledging paternity of his mistress s baby, b...
3.8K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 115.0 DA charges Lab Band head
The Coos County District Attorney s Office has charged the former director of the Oregon Coast Lab Band and his wife with stealing more than $33,000 from the nonprofit organization. Greg and Patricia Young were arraigned Monday in Coos Count...
1.6K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 115.0 Bonds prosecutors appeal ruling on evidence
SAN FRANCISCO Federal prosecutors urged a federal appellate court to reverse a trial judge and let them present critical evidence they say shows Barry Bonds knowingly used steroids. Both sides fielded difficult questions Thursday from the three-jud...
4.4K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 148.0 Police make kidnapping arrest
Law enforcement officers have arrested two more people in the late August assault of a Coos Bay man, who was abducted from his job and shot in the foot. On Wednesday armed with a grand jury indictment, South Coast Interagency Narcotics Team detective...
1.4K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 115.0 State seeks execution for bank bombing
WOODBURN (AP) The two men accused of a Woodburn bank bombing that killed two police officers could face the death penalty. Marion County prosecutors said Friday they would seek the death penalty if the two men are found guilty. Bruce Aldon Turnidge...
2.0K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 115.0 Drug testing case continues
NEW YORK Arguing the evidence may be destroyed, federal prosecutors have asked an appeals court to stay its decision that government agents illegally seized drug testing records and samples of more than 100 baseball players. In a filing late Monday...
3.2K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 115.0 Practice that killed teen seen as ordinary
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) After two-plus hours of practice, Pleasure Ridge Park football coach David Jason Stinson had seen enough of players goofing off. Stinson, a first-year head coach at the suburban Louisville high school, ordered the group of abou...
1.2K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 115.0 Court rules agents illegally seized drug list
SAN FRANCISCO The infamous list that tarnished America s pastime and some of its biggest stars soon will be back in the hands of the Major League Baseball Players Union. A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that agents had no right to seize bas...
6.0K - Aug. 27, 2009; scored 182.0 Jackie half brother indicted for child porn
PORTLAND (AP) The half brother to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis has been indicted on felony charges of encouraging child sexual abuse in Oregon. James Auchincloss was indicted by a Jackson County grand jury in Medford on 25 counts of abuse resulting f...
0.7K - Aug. 26, 2009; scored 115.0 | 
