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COQUILLE — Due, in part, to a computer problem at the North Bend Police Department, the tattoo artist accused of trying to kill a competitor earlier this summer has a couple more weeks to negotiate any potential plea agreement with the D.A.’s office. David Edgar Wonnacott, 42, is facing a total of six charges including attempted murder, possession of a firearm by a felon and menacing. According to an affidavit, Wonnacott is alleged to have pulled up in a vehicle outside a competing North Bend tattoo business in broad daylight and leveled a handgun at the torso of the owner. The gun didn’t go off and the two men wrestled for the weapon until the butt of the gun was brought down on the victim’s head. The suspect then fled. Court documents indicate the motive appears to be purely a dissatisfaction with losing business to the other man. Wonnacott was back in a Coos County courtroom on Wednesday for a scheduled change of plea hearing that didn’t happen. A breakdown of two computer servers
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BY THOMAS MORIARTY The World
NORTH BEND — Starting on Tuesday, the citizens of North Bend will have a new sheriff in town. Well, a new police chief at least. City Administrator Terence O’Connor said Robert Kappleman of Two Rivers, Wis., will take command of the North Bend Police Department on Sept. 3. He’ll fill the gap left by Chief Steve Scibelli, who ended his 41-year law enforcement career July 31 after spending the past 11 years with the department. Kappleman is a 21-year veteran of the Two Rivers Police Department, having joined in 1992 as a part-time officer. He went full-time in 1993 and later became a detective. Kappelman most recently served as captain of field services, supervising the department’s 27 sworn officers. He said his experience in Wisconsin taught him the importance of working directly with citizens to combat crime. “Community policing was our core value in Two Rivers,” Kappleman said. “We will continue to work with the community in a partnership situation.” Capt. Ron Akers said that as chief, Kappelman will supervise 16 sworn officers.
By Thomas Moriarty, The World
Rob Kappelman of Two Rivers, Wisc., will take over command of the North Bend Police Department on Tuesday. Reporter Thomas Moriarty can be reached at 541-269-1222, ext. 240, or by email at
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Fort Hood shooter faces years of appeals Nidal Hasan gets death sentence for rampage which killed 13 people ■
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FORT HOOD, Texas — If Nidal Hasan plans to welcome a death sentence as a pathThe Associated Press way to martyrdom, the rules of military jusU.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is shown as the tice won’t let him go down without a fight — guilty verdict is read at his court martial, in Fort whether he likes it or not. The Army psychiatrist was sentenced Hood, Texas. Wednesday to die for the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage that killed 13 people and long time,” said Joseph Gutheinz, a Texas wounded more than 30. But before an execu- attorney licensed by the United States Court tion date is set, Hasan faces years, if not of Appeals for the Armed Forces. “The milidecades, of appeals. And this time, he won’t tary is going to want to do everything at its be allowed to represent himself. own pace. They’re not going to want to let the “If he really wants the death penalty, the system kill him, even if that’s what he wants.” appeals process won’t let it happen for a very Hasan opened fire at a Fort Hood medical
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A honey bee comes in to land on a flowering Verbena bonariensis plant in the Lady Bug Landing Community Garden in Coos Bay on Wednesday afternoon. Pollinators were busy all around the garden, which is in full bloom.
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COOS BAY — If you happen to call the Social Security office in the coming weeks, you will be greeted with information on how to sign up for health care. That’s because open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act begins Oct. 1. Oregonians must apply for health care coverage through Cover Oregon or through their employer by Jan. 1, 2014. If they don’t, they face a $95 fine per person per year, said Michael Cox, spokesman for Oregon. Cover Oregon Cover The exchange For more information on will be working Cover Oregon, visit with insurance www.coveroregon.com or companies such call 1-855-COVEROR. as Kaiser PerFor general information manente, Moda on the new health care regHealth and othulations, especially in other ers. states, visit www.healthThose with care.gov or www.irs.gov. low incomes Follow The World and may qualify for visit www.theworldlink.com financial assisfor more in-depth stories tance with and additional information health coverage. on the Affordable Care Act For instance, a beginning Sept. 14. family of four with an income less than $94,200, qualifies. However, if their employers offer insurance, they do not qualify unless the cost is more than 9.5 percent of the household income. Businesses with fewer than 50 employees also may qualify for financial help. Coveroregon.com, the state’s exchange, is the best way to apply for coverage so far, according to Cox. He said they will offer “an old fashioned paper application” in
center packed with soldiers heading to or recently returned from overseas combat deployments. At trial, Lt. Col. Kris Poppe, a standby military attorney assigned to Hasan, told the judge that Hasan’s “goal is to remove impediments or obstacles to the death penalty.” Now that Hasan’s been sentenced to death, a written record of the trial will be produced and Fort Hood’s commanding general will have the option of granting clemency. Assuming none is granted, the case record is then scrutinized by the appeals courts for the Army and armed forces. If Hasan’s case and death sentence are eventually affirmed, he could ask the U.S. Supreme Court for a review or file motions in federal civilian courts. The president, as the military commander in chief, also must sign off on a death sentence. That process is anything but speedy. The military hasn’t executed an active-duty U.S. soldier since 1961.
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