Coast Guard petty officer stationed in Port Angeles pleads not guilty to child rape, incest
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PORT ANGELES, Wash. - A U.S. Coast Guard petty officer first class stationed in Port Angeles has pleaded not guilty to child rape and incest.
Brandyn Sampson, 37, entered the plea last week in Clallam County Superior Court, The Peninsula Daily News reported.
The 18-year Coast Guardsman who went to high school in Port Angeles is stationed at Ediz Hook at Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles.
At the urging of Sampson’s attorney Karen Unger, Judge Brent Basden reduced Sampson’s bail from $250,000 to $25,000 on conditions that Sampson stay with his parents in Spokane, observe a new protective order preventing contact with the alleged victim and electronic home monitoring. Sampson was released on bail Friday.