A 56-year-old Junction City man and former girls basketball coach has been charged with new child sex crimes in Lane County, adding to a separate case that has been pending since the spring. Glenn William Norris was charged Monday in Lane County Circuit Court with two counts of first-degree encouraging child sexual abuse and one count of luring a minor.
The new charges come months after Norris was already facing accusations of online sexual corruption of a child and luring a minor in Clackamas County, according to the Register-Guard. That earlier case began on May 27, when Oregon State Police arrested Norris and charged him with online sexual corruption of a child in the first degree and luring a minor.
State police said Norris was identified as part of an Internet Crimes Against Children investigation. He was lodged at the Clackamas County Jail and later indicted on those charges, according to the same agency, which said investigators believe Norris may have additional victims.
A Coaching Career Cut Short
Before his arrest, Norris had been hired as the head girls basketball coach for the 2025-26 school year at Cascade High School in Turner, per the Lookout Eugene-Springfield. His contract was not renewed at the end of the season, though a district spokesperson told OregonLive that the non-renewal was not related to reports of alleged misconduct.
A court filing in the Clackamas County case alleged that Norris solicited sex online from a child on May 13 and arranged to meet the child for sex, OregonLive reported at the time. That case had already drawn scrutiny to Norris's coaching background months before the Lane County charges surfaced this week.
What Remains Unknown
Investigators in the Clackamas County matter said they believe Norris may have additional victims, though no further details on that possibility have been made public. The charges in both counties remain allegations, and Norris has not been convicted of any crime in either case.
