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Coburn found guilty on all counts Thursday, gets 380 years
Michael Coburn, charged with multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child, was found guilty by a Clay County jury Thursday afternoon. During the punishment phase on Friday, District Judge Jack McGaughey sentenced him to a total of 380 years in prison. He will not be eligible for parole for 190 years.
District Attorney Casey Polhemus said the jurors came back with a guilty verdict on all eight counts: Four counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child (under age six) and four counts of indecency with a child.
The Nocona man elected to go to the judge for punishment and that process began Friday morning. The range of punishment on the assault charge is 25-99 years or life, and it is 2-20 years with no probation on the indecency charge. District Judge Jack McGaughey is presiding at this case.
He was originally indicted in June 2014 for continuous sexual assault of a child stemming from allegations he assaulted a female during many months in 2013.
Watch your Bowie News for further details.
Bowie ISD –
For – 477
Against – 1308
Forestburg ISD
Prop A – For 98, against 59
Prop A – For 86, against 72
All results preliminary until formally canvassed
The cast and crew of Gold-Burg High School’s state-bound one-act play “Interview,” will present a public show at 4 p.m. on May 5 in the Bowie Junior High Auditorium.
Admission is $5 and there will be a bake sale to raise funds for travel and other OAP expenses. The show is directed by Linda Fitzner.
The group will travel to Austin to perform on May 13 for the state title. This is the school’s first time to take a play to the state contest.
Pictured above: Cast of “Interview” in rehearsal this week. (Courtesy photo)
Voters in Bowie and Forestburg Independent School Districts will have their say Saturday as both entities offer up bond issues to improve infrastructure.
Early voting came to an end on Tuesday with a total of 1,230 people casting their ballots.
On election day the polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at three locations: Bowie Senior Citizens Center, Forestburg ISD Library and Sunset City Hall. Voters can cast their ballots at any of these locations due to countywide voting.
Read more about both bond proposals in your weekend Bowie News.
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