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 75.0 Army vet faked injury to avoid Iraq deployment
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) An Army veteran admitted in federal court Friday to plotting with his wife to bilk the U.S. government by faking paralysis after a car wreck to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq. Jeffrey Rush, 27, al...
3.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 119.0 Scammers bilk local woman
Attorney General John Kroger and the Coos County Sheriff s Office are warning Oregon families about a phone scam that targets elderly grandparents. The Sheriff s Office has reported three cases locally in which con artists, typically males, call gran...
1.1K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 391.0 Mechanic disabled parked cars for repairs
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee police say a mechanic was drumming up business by tampering with parked cars, then charging to help start them. Police arrested 41-year-old Christopher Walls of Johnson City on Thursday night. Investigators say Wa...
0.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 303.0 State fines agents in investment scam
The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services completed an investigation involving 10 investment brokers including two Bay Area insurance agents who collected more than $5 million from residents, many of them elderly. A state cease...
4.6K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 303.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Oct. 9, 10:18 a.m., an 81-year-old woman was the victim of a telephone scam in the 900 block of Seagate Avenue. Oct. 9, 11:28 a.m., neighbors made numerous complaints of...
6.2K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 75.0 Lake swim sets new participation record
The 2009 Eel Lake Open Water Swim drew record numbers last weekend, when 66 swimmers ages 11 to 76 braved the cool waters at Tugman State Park. The male and female swimmers could choose from three events a 3,000-meter race; a mystery swim, in which...
3.2K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 119.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Aug. 5, 9:20 a.m., phone harassment was reported at The World, 350 Commercial Ave. Aug. 5, 11:12 a.m., fraud was reported at Coos Bay City Hall, 500 Central Ave. Aug. 5,...
3.8K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 75.0 This bill would ease drug pricing
The U.S. Senate took an important step to make prescription drugs more affordable by approving a measure that would permit buyers in the United States to order lower-cost drugs from Canada over the Internet. An amendment by Sen. David Vitter, R-La., ...
1.3K - Jul. 17, 2009; scored 75.0 Internet scam
A local resident found $33 of illicit charges on his phone bill after falling for an Internet scam last month. He said he got an e-mail about a contest for a $1,000 gift card from Wal-Mart. His wife clicked a link to a Web site, whe...
0.8K - Jul. 1, 2009; scored 391.0 Some cancer patients turn to alternative care
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - With much of her lower body consumed by cancer, Leslee Flasch finally faced the truth: The herbal supplements and special diet were not working. I want this thing cut out from me. I want it out, she told her family. But it was too...
8.8K - Jun. 15, 2009; scored 175.0 Thefts and mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. North Bend June 10:01 a.m., a theft was reported in the 2600 block of Virginia Avenue. June 12: 10 p.m., a bad check was reported in the 600 block of Virginia Ave...
5.0K - Jun. 15, 2009; scored 75.0 Traditional health care warms up to alternatives
BALTIMORE - At one of the nation's top trauma hospitals, a nurse circles a patient's bed, humming and waving her arms as if shooing evil spirits. Another woman rubs a quartz bowl with a wand, making tunes that mix with the beeping monitors and hissin...
12.1K - Jun. 9, 2009; scored 75.0 Careless governing is adding to crisis
This letter is a copy I sent to Sen. Bernie Frank, New Jersey. Looking backward from our recent banking calamity, the cause seems to point to the desire to give every citizen a home of their own. This idea was a noble desire as President Hoover promi...
1.5K - Jun. 8, 2009; scored 75.0 End Medicare, Medicaid fraud
Stolen Medicare identification numbers, falsified prescriptions, kickbacks to patients. Taxpayers pay an estimated $60 billion a year for scam artists to get rich off the nation's health care programs for the elderly, disabled or poor. This ...
0.8K - Jun. 1, 2009; scored 75.0 Inmates shouldn't get coverage
It seems like kind of a slap in the face to the honest, hard-working, tax-paying citizens struggling to make ends meet without even a small hope of any kind of medical insurance, to read in the paper that as taxpayers they have to provide medical, de...
1.9K - May. 22, 2009; scored 75.0 Auto warranty robocalls spur action
WASHINGTON - Federal regulators have been investigating and are close to filing lawsuits against companies believed to be behind a national wave of spam robocalls that warn people their auto warranties are about to expire and they need to sign up f...
3.7K - May. 12, 2009; scored 303.0 At the movies
The following movies are playing at South Coast theaters. Times are shown for movies at Pony Village Cinemas. () indicates showings for Friday-Sunday only. For locations outside the Bay Area, call the theaters for showtimes. Earth The story of three ...
7.3K - May. 8, 2009; scored 75.0 Thefts and mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coos Bay May 4, 9:02 p.m., a family dispute was reported in the 1000 block of Elrod Avenue. May 4, 9:27 p.m., someone stole a cell phone from the 200 block of Nor...
2.5K - May. 7, 2009; scored 75.0 At the movies
The following movies are playing at South Coast theaters: Earth The story of three animal families and their amazing journeys across the planet we all call home. The film combines rare action, unimaginable scale and impossible locations by capturing ...
6.9K - May. 1, 2009; scored 75.0 | 
