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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2015
Astoria Police chief rear-ended
Other driver was arrested for DUII
toria Wednesday afternoon,
when he was rear-ended by
another driver.
The Clatsop County
Sheriff’s Office responded
to the scene at 3:26 p.m.
Wednesday and arrested the
driver, Shelly Allen, 45, for
By KYLE SPURR
The Daily Astorian
Astoria Police Chief Brad
Johnston, driving an un-
marked police car, stopped
for a pedestrian at Commer-
cial and 10th streets in As-
driving under the influence
of intoxicants.
Allen was transported to
Clatsop County Jail.
No injuries were report-
ed from the accident, and
the vehicles sustained minor
damage.
The Astoria Police De-
partment announced the ac-
cident on its Facebook page
Wednesday night.
“We were going to wait
to share the inevitable arti-
cle. Since it appears to be
running around Facebook
and we have had to answer
a few personal messages we
decided to post it tonight,”
APD wrote on Facebook.
Submitted photo
Jason Bigby, right, of Bigby Tree Specialists was honored by the Astoria School District Board of Directors, in-
cluding board Chairman Martin Dursse, for his work around its campuses.
School District honors Jason Bigby
The Astoria School District Board
of Directors honored Jason Bigby,
owner of and arborist for Bigby’s Tree
Service, at its Wednesday regular board
meeting.
Over the past several years, Big-
by donated various arbor services
and removal of brush throughout the
district.
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prove the safety of students and staff on
campus while enhancing curb appeal
and community pride,” said Superin-
tendent Craig Hoppes in a release.
The school board honored Bigby’s
donation of more than 30 hours of la-
bor, along with discounts totaling more
than $3,000, in just the past two years.
Astoria Riverwalk assault unfounded
The woman contacted the
Astoria Police at 11:12 p.m.
Tuesday to report the assault.
She initially reported that she
was walking on the Astoria Riv-
erwalk when she was grabbed
from the rear.
Video shows the woman
walking with the suspect and in-
troducing him to another couple
they encountered on the River-
walk. She was then seen having
a conversation with the suspect
near Safeway, where he went
into the store leaving her outside
so that he was not confronted
about purchasing alcohol while
accompanied by the minor, ac-
cording to police.
They rejoined each other
then proceeded to walk home
By KYLE SPURR
The Daily Astorian
The 19-year-old Astoria
woman who reported being as-
saulted by a stranger on the As-
toria Riverwalk Tuesday night
had actually known the person
and no assault occurred.
The person she described as
her attacker can be seen with
her on a surveillance video at
several locations in the time
before the attack, according to
Astoria Police.
“Given the number of prob-
ably false statements that the re-
porting party has made, there is
no reason to believe that an attack
by a stranger occurred,” Astoria
Police Chief Brad Johnston said.
while sharing alcohol he had pur-
chased.
On Wednesday, police de-
tectives contacted the suspect, a
22-year-old Astoria resident. He
cooperated and his statement
about the incident matched the
video evidence and witness state-
ments.
On Thursday, police detec-
tives contacted the victim again.
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portions of her report to police.
She now says she was not
attacked by a stranger but had an
encounter with the man that be-
gan as consensual, but that he did
not stop when asked to do so.
“It is unfortunate in this cir-
cumstance that we have a report
that causes public alarm and a
general feeling of being unsafe in
a particularly popular location,”
Johnston said. “We support vic-
tims of sexual assault and will
aggressively investigate each and
every reported sexual assault.
Astoria Police will continue
to investigate remaining allega-
tions the woman made.
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PRESIDENTS DAY
CLOSURES
In observance of Presi-
dents Day on Monday, all
federal, state, county and city
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Astoria, Warrenton, Gearhart,
Seaside and Cannon Beach
city halls, are closed. All
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and there is no mail deliv-
ery, including express mail
packages.
Astoria, Jewell, Knappa,
Warrenton/Hammond, Sea-
side (including Cannon Beach
and Gearhart schools) and
Ocean Beach School District
schools and Clatsop Commu-
nity College are closed.
The Astoria Library, Sea-
side Library, Warrenton Li-
brary and all Timberland
libraries in Washington, in-
cluding Ilwaco, Ocean Park
and Naselle, are closed.
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and services are closed.
Garbage
collection
through Recology Western
Oregon (covering Astoria,
Seaside, Gearhart and Cannon
Beach), city of Warrenton gar-
bage collection, and Peninsula
Sanitation (covering the Long
Beach (Wash.) Peninsula) are
not affected by the holiday.
Recology Western Oregon
and Peninsula Sanitation’s
transfer stations are open.
The Sunset Pool in Seaside
is open. The Astoria Aquatic
Center is open.
The Clatsop County Her-
itage Museum is closed, the
Oregon Film Museum and
Flavel House are open from
11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the Car-
riage House is open from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. The Uppertown
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closed for the winter. Capt.
Gray’s Port of Play and Lil’
Sprouts are open from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Fort Clatsop is open
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Co-
lumbia River Maritime Muse-
um is open from 9:30 a.m. to
5 p.m. The Seaside Museum
is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sunset Empire Transporta-
tion (“The Bus”) is running.
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are open, and the newspaper
is printed and delivered as
usual.
Boaters meet to
organize club
The Astoria Yacht Club
Kayak and Small Boat Club
is holding an organization-
al meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday at the Astoria
Yacht Club, 300 Industry
St., Suite 201 (West End
Mooring Basin, upstairs on
the northwest corner, above
Tiki Charters).
Paddlers and small boat
enthusiasts are welcome.
Clam chowder will be
served, and donations will be
accepted. RSVP by Saturday
to tobybackwater@gmail.com
or call 503-325-0819.
For information, go to
www.astoriayachtclub.com
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