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Tennessee duo facing charges in connection with local sexual assault have been returned to Whitley County

Two Tennessee men, who were arrested last week on warrants out of Whitley County charging them in connection with a sexual assault at an area motel, are now in the Whitley County Detention Center. Hunter Z. Cole, 18, and Zachary T. Munsey, 20, both of Knoxville, were lodged into...

Corbin man charged with sexual abuse of juvenile

A Corbin man was arrested last Friday on a warrant charging him with sex abuse of a female juvenile. David William Mansfield, 19, is charged with one count of first-degree sexual abuse. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day!...

Corbin man indicted for multiple sex offenses

A Corbin man was indicted on Feb. 21 in Laurel County on multiple sex-related offenses including rape, sodomy and sexual abuse. Danny Ray Collinger, 33, was named in the 13-count indictment stemming from two separate incidents in Oct. 2018 and March 2019. According to the...

Corbin man charged with rape, sexual abuse

A Corbin man was arrested Wednesday night on rape and sexual abuse charges. David Lee Mayes, 27, was charged with first-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse stemming from the alleged incident Wednesday afternoon. Laurel County Sheriff’s Detective Chris Edwards is leading the...

Pretrial hearing set in child rape case

A Corbin man is scheduled to appear in Knox Circuit Court on Friday to face a nine-count grand jury indictment charging him with an assortment of sexual abuse offenses. Carl Wayne Weddle, 36, was indicted by a Knox County grand jury on three counts of Rape in the First Degree for...

Corbin man indicted for rape, sodomy, sexual abuse of child

A Corbin man was indicted Friday on multiple charges of rape, sodomy and sexual abuse. Carl Wayne Weddle, 35, was named in the nine-count indictment returned in Knox Circuit Court. According to the indictment, the incidents, involving a single victim, who was under the age of 12,...

Laforest accepts 25-year prison offer in sodomy, incest, sex abuse case

A Corbin man, who is accused of sodomizing, sexually abusing and having sexual intercourse with a female relative under the age of 12, will be spending at least the next two decades behind bars. James Laforest, 34, had been scheduled to stand trial Wednesday but instead entered...
Posted On 24 Oct 2019

Sodomy, sexual abuse trial continued as defendant goes for competency evaluation

The trial of a Keavy man accused of sexually abusing and sodomizing a four-year-old in 2017 that had been scheduled to begin Thursday, has been postponed. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content....

Corbin man charged with sexually abusing teen

A Corbin man was arrested Friday night on charges that he gave alcohol to several teen girls, and had sexual contact with one of them. Danny Ray Collinger, 32, is facing two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, six counts of third-degree unlawful transaction with a minor, and one...

Man accused of sodomizing child wants jury to decide his fate

A man accused of sodomizing and raping a child under the age of 12 is taking his case before a jury. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us
Posted On 09 Jan 2019
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