David Levi Yoder News Today

Cases against two men convicted of committing sex offenses against children moved forward in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday

The Times-Reporter NEW PHILADELPHIA - A judge has denied bail for a former Newcomerstown-area resident who is facing a possible life sentence if convicted of child rape. Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Judge Michael Ernest decided Tuesday that 27-year-old David Levi Yoder of Westcliffe, Colo. will stay in the county jail while awaiting trial. Yoder has pleaded not guilty to two counts of child rape, four counts of gross sexual imposition and one count of having unlawful sexual conduct wit...