Lawton man accused of sexual assault

A Lawton man accused of sexually assaulting a minor is now expected to change his plea. Thomas Paul Van Ness had a pretrial conference last Thursday.Court documents allege that back in September 2024 when Van Ness was 29 years old, he provided a 17-yearold juvenile gummy marijuana edibles and alcohol then would perform a sexual act on the juvenile despite her telling him to stop.V...

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