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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-
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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
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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-
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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.
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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
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noted that the backdrop for the
intoxicants, reckless endanger-
gunshot was the nearby Bayshore
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Apartments, and that Ogier ap-
James Lee
arm.
peared to be intoxicated.
Ogier
Astoria Police were dis-
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about 3:46 a.m. for a report of a gunshot in only illegal, they are a recipe for tragedy.
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City likely will hear Heritage
Square options in December
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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
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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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character of Alderbrook,” said
Rosemary Johnson, a special
projects planner for the city.
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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
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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-
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other commercial or industrial ENTIRE STORE
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docks or boat ramps.
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