A 37-year-old Yachats man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to six of 15 counts of encouraging child sex abuse. Joshua L. Slauf was sentenced Jan. 29 by Lincoln County Circuit Judge Sheryl Bachart after a settlement conference Jan. 5. During that conference, Slauf agreed to plead guilty to six […]
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After court rulings on non-unanimous jury verdicts, a third Lincoln County trial set for man in Seal Rock sex abuse case
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews A new trial – his third – has been set for early next year for a Seal Rock man whose 2019 conviction on 13 sex-related charges was sent back for re-trial by the Oregon Court of Appeals. A July re-trial in Lincoln County circuit court of Lawson R. Rankin ended with […]
Man who killed son in drunk-driving accident north of Seal Rock sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison
NEWPORT — A Cottage Grove man who killed his 20-year-old son in a drunken driving accident just north of Seal Rock in June 2020 was sentenced Monday to nearly 12 years in prison. Christopher Paschall, 52, was sentenced to 11.8 years in prison by Lincoln County Circuit Judge Sheryl Bachart. A jury convicted Paschall Dec. […]
Lincoln County judge says she will rule this week whether to grant permanent injunction on voter-approved new vacation rental law
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com NEWPORT – A Lincoln County judge says she will make a ruling by the end of this week whether to issue a permanent injunction to prevent the county from implementing a voter-approved ballot measure that stops the county from issuing vacation rental licenses and phases existing licenses out over five years. […]