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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015 NORTH COAST 3A Man sentenced for sexually exploiting 16-year-old girl By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian A Warrenton man who sexually exploited a 16-year- old girl by compelling her to send him nude images of her- self was sentenced Tuesday to more than one year in pris- RQDQG¿YH\HDUVSUREDWLRQ Kyle Meyer Bloom, 26, entered Alford pleas to luring a minor and attempting to use a child in a display of sexu- ally explicit conduct. An Al- ford plea is a guilty plea from a defendant who proclaims their innocence, but admits the prosecution has probation. If he vi- enough evidence olates the probation, to prove they are he will face another guilty. four years in prison. Two counts of “Obviously the third-degree sex defendant has some abuse were dis- impulse control is- missed. sues,” Chief Depu- He was sen- ty District Attorney tenced to 17 months Ron Brown said. in prison for the “If he wants to do Kyle Meyer luring a minor something about Bloom charge. He will get it, he will have the credit for time already served opportunity to do something in jail, which is about six about it or else he is going months. back for 48 more months.” For the other charge, he The charges against ZDV VHQWHQFHG WR ¿YH \HDUV Bloom stem from a six-week investigation by the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrested Bloom in May on the 500 block of West Main Street in Warren- ton. Bloom started contacting the girl at a local school bus stop, where he befriended her before using social media to start a secretive relationship, according to the sheriff’s of- ¿FH During a two-week long relationship this spring, Bloom allegedly met the girl in several public locations to engage in sexual activities. Astoria man arrested for shooting deer within city limits a dead buck in the bed of the truck. 2JLHU DSSURDFKHG WKH RI¿- A 19-year-old Astoria man cers with blood on his hands and was arrested early Tuesday morn- claimed he had struck the deer ing on multiple charges after al- with his vehicle. However, police legedly shooting a deer within the said, it was later determined that city limits. Ogier shot the deer, gutted it and James Lee Ogier was arrested ORDGHGLWLQWRKLVYHKLFOH2I¿FHUV IRUGULYLQJXQGHUWKHLQÀXHQFHRI noted that the backdrop for the intoxicants, reckless endanger- gunshot was the nearby Bayshore PHQWDQGXQODZIXOXVHRID¿UH- Apartments, and that Ogier ap- James Lee arm. peared to be intoxicated. Ogier Astoria Police were dis- “Intoxicated driving and the patched to Sixth Street and Olney Avenue at XVHRID¿UHDUPLQVLGHWKHFLW\OLPLWVDUHQRW about 3:46 a.m. for a report of a gunshot in only illegal, they are a recipe for tragedy. WKHDUHD2I¿FHUVIRXQGD1LVVDQWUXFNZLWK Fortunately, except for the deer, no one else The Daily Astorian City likely will hear Heritage Square options in December The Daily Astorian The Astoria City Council will likely weigh a mixed-use development project with a library and housing at Heritage Square in December. City staff and a consultant had hoped WRSUHVHQWRSWLRQVWRWKHFRXQFLOLQ1R- vember, but Kevin Cronin, the city’s community development director, said staff would likely need more time to pre- pare. Cronin told the city’s Planning Com- mission Tuesday night that staff would also likely give the council high-level cost estimates for the mixed-use project. was harmed as a result of this incident, but the potential was great,” Astoria Deputy Po- lice Chief Eric Halverson said. Astoria Police were assisted at the scene by an Oregon State Police Game Trooper DQGWKH&ODWVRS&RXQW\6KHULII¶V2I¿FH Additional charges are expected, police said, related to the illegal taking of the animal which was seized by Oregon State Police. The animal will be donated to the local food bank. Anyone with additional information DERXWWKLVLQFLGHQWLVDVNHGWRFRQWDFW2I¿- cer Matt Clausen at the Astoria Police De- partment, 503-325-4411 or by email at mc- lausen@astoria.or.us. Public input sought on county manager At an open house last week, resi- dents gave the city feedback on three potential variations for a library and housing along 12th Street and Ex- change Street, with open space along Duane Street. The city has previously discussed a possible amphitheater for the square, which is scarred by an open pit with contaminated soil. The city wants to use a new library as the foundation for redevelopment at Heritage Square. A previous plan called for renovating the aging library at 10th Street and expanding into the vacant Waldorf Hotel, but preservationists ob- jected. The Daily Astorian The public can offer opinions on what Clatsop County should look for in a new manager through a quick online survey. The Clatsop County Board of Commis- VLRQHUVVHOHFWHGWKHH[HFXWLYHVHDUFK¿UP:DO- dron to assist in recruiting a replacement for former County Manager Scott Somers. As part of the information-gathering pro- cess, Waldron has developed a survey that asks respondents to list the important skills, experience and leadership qualities they feel are important for any county manager appli- cant. The survey is available on the Clatsop County website, www.co.clatsop.or.us. Sheriff nabs woman on felony warrant for heroin The Daily Astorian Clatsop County Sheriff Tom Bergin arrested a Seaside woman on a statewide felony warrant out of Clatsop Coun- ty Circuit Court at 3:33 p.m. Thursday. Bergin was driving south- bound on U.S. Highway 101 when he noticed the car in front of him driving reckless- ly. Bergin pulled the car over and found that the passenger, Cassandra A. Dempsey, 25, had originally been convicted on a heroin charge and was required to turn herself in to serve jail time for that convic- tion. When she hadn’t shown up at the jail, a warrant was issued for her arrest. The driv- er, Brandon L. Carlson, 22, of Astoria, was charged with reckless driving. He was cited and released at the jail. In addition to now hav- ing to serve her jail sentence, Dempsey was also charged with possession of a con- trolled substance after eight Vicodin pills were found on her person. Dempsey does not appear to have a prescription for these pills, according to the Clatsop County Sheriff’s 2I¿FH W A NTED Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber N orth w es t H a rdw oods • Lon gview , W A Contact: Steve Axtell • 360-430-0885 or John Anderson • 360-269-2500 At the hearing Tuesday, Bloom wanted the court to know how he did not have any communication with the victim for about two months after what had happened. “Everything that occurred stopped. I deleted my Face- book, I deleted everything. I stopped all communication with the victim,” he said. The relationship between Bloom and the girl was dis- covered by the girl’s parents and the parents of one of the girl’s friends, according to 6KHULII¶V 2I¿FH 'HWHFWLYH Ryan Humphrey. The parents’ involvement and intervention was a key factor in the case, Humphrey said. As part of his sentence, Bloom is required to register as a sex offender and have no contact with the victim or her family. He will also have to complete sex offender treat- ments and evaluations. “I obviously have some work to do. I want to go back to college and get an educa- tion and do something with my life,” he said. “I made a mistake. I have to live up to it and move on.” Planning Commission backs 1HLJKERUKRRG*UHHQZD\ character of Alderbrook,” said Rosemary Johnson, a special projects planner for the city. 1HLJKERUKRRG *UHHQZD\ Residents in Alderbrook which runs from 41st Street to were heard. 54th Street, is the third phase of The Astoria Planning the Riverfront Vision Plan to up- Commission voted unani- grade land-use guidelines along mously Tuesday night on the the river. The city has already 1HLJKERUKRRG *UHHQZD\ completed the Civic Greenway portion of the city’s Riv- — 16th Street to 41st — and erfront Vision Plan, which Bridge Vista — Portway Street would further restrict devel- to Second Street — sections of opment along the Columbia the blueprint. River in Alderbrook. Residents had told the city they wanted little to no land- use changes in their tight-knit east side community. The recommendations, which now go to the City Council, would change the zoning along the river from aquatic conservation to aquat- ic natural, preventing devel- % O FF opment of a marina and many other commercial or industrial ENTIRE STORE XVHV1HZEXLOGLQJVFRXOGEH October 27th-31st no higher than the riverbank, (excludes consignm ent) essentially limiting projects to docks or boat ramps. The recommendations ART CARDS, would also create new design ARTISAN CRAFTS, standards and guidelines for GALLERY & multifamily residential and WORKING STUDIO commercial development, such as apartments or day care centers. “The intent of all of these are to maintain the existing 1133 COMMERCIAL ST. 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