Don't blame women for sex assaults
Once again, I read the paper only to feel frustrated at the lack of critical knowledge about the horrible crime of rape or sexual assault. I am saddened by the story on the front page of last Saturday s paper SOCC vigilant after sex attack. For 10 y...
 2.7K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 88.0 Cause of death may be hard to identify
CLEVELAND (AP) As a registered sex offender, Anthony Sowell checked in regularly with law-enforcement authorities, who also monitored him by making home visits. But since Sowell wasn t on parole or probation, they didn t have the right to enter u...
3.5K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 93.0 Judge postpones child porn hearing
COQUILLE A suspected Coos County child sex-offender postponed his plea-change hearing another month, because his lawyer needs more time to review the 40-count case. John C. Hudson III stood completely motionless Wednesday morning as Coos County Cir...
1.4K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 88.0 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 59.0 Task force warns kids of Internet predators
COOS BAY - A couple of special agents from the Oregon Department of Justice gave some Coos County middle school students some unusual advice Wednesday. Don t tell the truth. At least not while using the Internet. Their message wasn t intended to scar...
4.1K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 97.0 Task force warns kids of Internet predators
COOS BAY - A couple of special agents from the Oregon Department of Justice gave some Coos County middle school students some unusual advice Wednesday. Don t tell the truth. At least not while using the Internet. Their message wasn t intended to scar...
4.1K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 97.0 Thefts & mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Sept. 29, 12:05 a.m., illegal camping was reported near Blossom Gulch Elementary School, 333 S. 10th St. Sept. 29, 7:01 a.m., theft was reported in the 100 block of Norm...
5.8K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 76.0 Police double check sex offender registry
Sex offenders in Coos County got a little surprise last week. Oregon State Police investigators knocked on their doors during a non-compliance sweep to make sure they re really living where they say they are. The sweep focused on Southwest Oregon cou...
3.3K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 912.0 Kidnapped girl returns after 18 years
PLACERVILLE, Calif. A man suspected of snatching an 11-year-old girl and hiding her for nearly two decades in his backyard faced a Friday court appearance, as the woman s family reunited with their daughter and met the two children fathered by her ...
8.3K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 76.0 Sports Briefs: Top sprinter Bolt wants to give long jump a try
ZURICH Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt says he wants to try a new event the long jump. The world-record holder in the 100 and 200 meters says he thinks he could be a good long jumper some day. Bolt says he has been messing around with the long ...
6.8K - Aug. 27, 2009; scored 59.0 Accused rapist to stand trial
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) A 24-year-old Palmer, Alaska, man has been deemed competent to stand trial on accusations of sexual assault. A Palmer Superior Court judge announced the ruling last week after getting the result of an exam of Zebulon Whisler,...
0.9K - Aug. 8, 2009; scored 76.0 Agencies to sweep for sex offenders
Oregon State Police, along with the help of local law enforcement agencies, will conduct a sweep of sex offenders in Jackson, Josephine, Douglas, Klamath, Lake, Coos and Curry counties to see which ones are out of compliance. The enforcement project ...
1.5K - Aug. 5, 2009; scored 881.0 Man charged in prostitution ring
EUGENE (AP) An investigation into an alleged prostitution ring that advertised underage girls on the Internet has resulted in a federal child sex trafficking charge against a Springfield man. The U.S. attorney s office charged DeSean Lavar Milton w...
2.4K - Aug. 3, 2009; scored 112.0 Arrest
Coos County deputies arrested a North Bend man Saturday after woman reported unwanted sexual contact from a man listed as a predatory sex offender. Deputies responded to the 66600 block of East Bay Road and charged Mark A. Ellis, 51, with third-degre...
0.4K - Jul. 28, 2009; scored 59.0 Arrests
The following are arrests reported on police logs and in press releases. Coos Bay Police arrested Anna Nichols, 25, of Coos Bay, on Wednesday on a charge of domestic harassment. The incident occurred at the Bay Way Trailer Park, 817 S. Empire Blvd. O...
1.4K - Jul. 9, 2009; scored 93.0 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. Wednesday Andrew P. Cameron - Arraignment for charges including five counts of second-degree sexual abu...
0.6K - Jun. 23, 2009; scored 59.0 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 Shane M. Banister - Change of plea hearing on possession of methamphetamine. Steven W. Blum - Ch...
1.5K - Jun. 20, 2009; scored 93.0 California to turn immigrant inmates over to the feds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - With California slipping into a financial sinkhole, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to save more than $180 million by cutting short the sentences of thousands of immigrants in the state's prisons and turning the...
5.2K - Jun. 20, 2009; scored 93.0 Coquille man pleads guilty to sex abuse
Both Coos County Deputy District Attorney Karen McClintock and Curtis H. Jack's lawyer John Trew recommended Jack serve 15 days in jail on his third-degree sex conviction. Circuit Court Judge Richard L. Barron didn't buy it. The judge said he wanted ...
1.9K - Jun. 20, 2009; scored 123.0 Sexting issue confounds cops, courts
Some teens do it as a joke. Others to impress their boyfriends. Three-fourths of them know it may lead to trouble. It s sexting and as many as 39 percent of teens do it. Sexting or sex texting entails sending sexually explicit photos or messages via ...
8.5K - Jun. 13, 2009; scored 156.0 | 
