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November 8, 2020
Kyle Odegard
Democrat Herald

An Albany man who pleaded guilty to three sex crimes against a girl has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Glenn John Hallas, 55, entered his pleas on Tuesday in Linn County Circuit Court and was convicted of first-degree sodomy and two counts of first-degree sex abuse.
The crimes occurred between 2010 and 2012, according to court paperwork, and the victim, whom Hallas knew, was under the age of 14 at the time.
Per terms of the plea agreement, another sex crime charge was dropped at sentencing.
First-degree sodomy

November 4, 2020
Kyle Odegard
Democrat Herald

An Albany man was found guilty of 17 sex crimes last week at the conclusion of his three-day jury trial in Linn County Circuit Court.
Henry Rivers, 54, is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 8.
The jury found Rivers guilty on Oct. 29 of three counts of first-degree rape, seven counts of first-degree sodomy, five counts of first-degree sex abuse and two counts of unlawful sexual penetration.
The crimes happened between 1996 and 2006 in Albany, the Sweet Home/Holley area, and in Lebanon, according to court paperwork.
The victim

October 5, 2020
Elise Dolinar
NBC 25 News

CLARE COUNTY, Mich. – A 49-year- old Houghton Lake man is now behind bars and facing charges after a seven month investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old boy.
In February of 2020, a request was made for the Michigan State Police Mount Pleasant Post to assist with the investigation.
According to MSP, the alleged assault reportedly happened in Clare County.
The investigation revealed other attempts to commit sexual assault against other young males within the state.
It also revealed evidence in the man’s possessed and manufactured

October 6, 2020
Ashley Nerbovig
Chinook Observer

MONTESANO — On Friday, Oct. 2, a manager for Willapa Behavioral Health’s youth wraparound services program was charged with nine felonies, including rape of a person with developmental disabilities.
Paul Thomas Clark, 45, was charged in Grays Harbor Superior Court with four counts of child pornography, one count of dealing child pornography, three counts of communicating with minors for immoral purposes and one count of rape in second degree of a person with developmental disabilities. The ninth count, rape in the second degree, was dismissed at Clark’s

September 25, 2020
Sarah Bullock
Cortland Voice

A city man — who was released pending court hearings on 2019 rape charges — was again arrested for sexually abusing a second woman last week and released, according to court documents.
Caden L. Ross, 19, of 11 1/2 Hyatt Street was released on his own recognizance during a Cortland City Court hearing on Sept. 16, according to court records.
Ross was arrested for sexually touching an unconscious woman on July 15, according to the documents. At the time, Ross was free pending a hearing on his July

October 19, 2020
Megan Specia
Ny Times

LONDON — The Hay Festival, an annual staple of Britain’s literary calendar, announced on Monday that an offshoot event to promote freedom of speech and women’s empowerment would no longer be held in Abu Dhabi after one of its employees accused the United Arab Emirates’ minister of tolerance of sexual assault.
In an article published by The Sunday Times of London over the weekend, the employee, Caitlin McNamara, 32, said that the minister, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak al-Nahyan, who is also a member of Abu Dhabi’s ruling