{"id":69896,"date":"2024-06-27T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/black-diamond-man-faces-charges-for-sexually-assaulting-three-teens\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T09:46:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T16:46:00","slug":"black-diamond-man-faces-charges-for-sexually-assaulting-three-teens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/black-diamond-man-faces-charges-for-sexually-assaulting-three-teens\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Diamond man faces charges for sexually assaulting three teens"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 27-year-old Black Diamond man faces a federal complaint alleging a sex offense against a minor after federal attorneys say he sexually assaulted three teenagers from Auburn, Snoqualmie and Oregon state while on electronic home monitoring.<\/p>\n

U.S. attorneys filed a criminal complaint on June 17 charging James Harrison Newcomer,<\/a> 27, of Black Diamond near Auburn with travel with intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor, according to an U.S. Department of Justice news release. The complaint stated that Newcomer traveled from King County to Woodburn, Oregon, to sexually assault a teenager in April 2024, with case documents alleging Newcomer had sexually assaulted two minors from Auburn and Snoqualmie.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement arrested Newcomer in Kent on June 7, transferring him into federal custody on June 20. Newcomer appeared on June 20 in the U.S. District Court in Seattle.<\/p>\n

Newcomer has also been registered with the first name Jake.<\/a><\/p>\n

Newcomer, in the time frame of the sexual assaults, was on electronic home monitoring with an ankle bracelet following a 30-month prison sentence for two counts of rape of a child from an April 2022 conviction following a guilty plea, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.<\/p>\n

According to King County court documents, King County prosecutors filed charges against Newcomer in July 2020 after a Black Diamond Police Department investigation found Newcomer, age 24 at the time, engaged in multiple instances of sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl.<\/p>\n

According to the federal complaint, Newcomer’s ankle monitor lost connection on Jan. 19, with corrections officers having found he left the residence when they arrived to arrest him.<\/p>\n

According to the Department of Justice, between February and April 2024, Newcomer connected with the teenagers — ranging in age from 14- to 16-years-old — through Snapchat, a social media platform, and arranged in-person meetings where he provided the teenagers drugs and alcohol and sexually assaulted them.<\/p>\n

Multiple local and federal agencies including the Auburn Police Department, Snoqualmie Police Department, Kent Police Department, FBI, Oregon Police Department, and more continue investigation into the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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