Rehoboth Beach announces communications specialist, additional staff notes
Delaware News Desk
Lynne Coan, a communications professional with more than two decades of experience working to help build community in local jurisdictions through communications and engagement, has joined the city of Rehoboth Beach as communications specialist.
Previously, Coan was public information officer with the city of Suwanee, Georgia, for 15 years and most recently served as communications and marketing manager with the town of Vienna, Virginia, where she worked for five years. She has a bachelor’s degree in English and journalism from the University of Richmond.
“We’re excited to welcome Lynne to the city of Rehoboth Beach,” said City Manager Sharon Lynn, “and to put her considerable experience and communication skills to work on behalf of the city and its residents.”
Salisbury Daily Times
Laurel, Delaware, police are facing a federal lawsuit alleging two white officers used excessive force when they wrongfully arrested an African American teenager during a traffic stop.
The complaint is over the 2019 arrest of Roger Warner, a then-17-year-old who was driving home from school when a police officer pulled him over in an incident that started as a traffic violation and ended with Warner being pulled from his car and thrown to the ground. Mr. Warner, who suffered the loss of his father in 2009 and has been raised by his mother, alleges he was forced to defer his high school graduation for a year as a result of the trauma caused by his improper arrest and assault, Warner s attorneys Robin Cockey and Ashley Bosché said in a statement.