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4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016 One good turn: Lake Oswego cop recovers stolen Seaside bike By ANTHONY MACUK Lake Oswego Review LAKE OSWEGO — When Chuck Lambert and his wife, Cheryl, decided to spend a weekend in Sea- side last month, they say they were looking forward to a fun-¿lled three-day getaway But after just one night at the coast, they discovered that Chuck Lambert’s bicycle was missing Despite being secured in the back of his truck on the fourth Àoor of a gated parking garage, the bike had been sto- len during the night “Unfortunately, there were stairs on the outside that I didn’t know about,” Lambert says So he headed to the Sea- side 3olice Station to ¿le a report with the of¿cer on duty —and there he met John Brent from Lake Oswego Brent was one of ¿ve Lake Oswego of¿cers who volunteered in Seaside that day, freeing up the town’s own police of¿cers to attend the funeral for Seaside of¿- cer and Sherwood native Sgt Jason Goodding Goodding was shot and killed on )eb Anthony Macuk/Lake Oswego Review After Chuck Lambert (left) had his bike stolen while on vacation in Seaside, Lake Oswe- go Police Officer John Brent helped him track it down. Brent was one of five Lake Oswe- go officers who volunteered at the coast last month so that Seaside police could mourn the loss of Sgt. Jason Goodding. 5 while attempting to serve a felony warrant Brent took down Lam- bert’s report and gave him his own contact informa- tion But there wasn’t much else that could be done at the time, he told the Port Orchard, Washington, resident, espe- cially since Lambert didn’t know the bike’s serial num- ber Lambert says the bike model in question retails for , although he had ¿[ed it up with numerous after- market additions and modi¿- cations, including a new seat, e[tended handlebars, head- lights and a mounted tool bag “I took the report and tried to console him,” Brent says “I said, µLet your vacation go on’” When the Lamberts returned home to Port Orchard, Chuck Lambert began searching through sale listings on Craigslist, hoping to catch the thief attempting to unload his bike +e says he searched in Seaside and a number of other coastal Ore- gon cities, with no luck And then, on a whim, he decided to check the Portland page “The guy was nice enough to put seven pictures on there,” Lambert says Thanks to the aftermar- ket modi¿cations, Lambert easily identi¿ed his bike in a Portland-area post +e called Brent in Lake Oswego, and the of¿cer quickly collabo- rated with two detectives to set up a sting operation The detectives posed as buyers and set up a meeting with the Craigslist seller, and then Brent joined them in con- fronting the seller and recov- ering the bike “The true detective in this case is Chuck, because he found the bike on Portland Craigslist,” Brent says According to Brent, the case is still under investiga- tion and is being referred to the District Attorney’s Of¿ce +e says he can’t comment on whether the Craigslist seller was the same person who stole the bike in Seaside or just an accomplice Unfortunately for Lam- bert, the aftermarket compo- nents were all removed before the sale meeting But the bike itself was still in good condi- tion, and the Lamberts drove down from Port Orchard to pick it up on 0arch Brent and Lake Oswego Police Chief Don John- son were both on hand to return the bike, and Johnson awarded Brent the Chief’s Coin for “going beyond” in the performance of his duties “Brent was very accom- modating down (in Seaside),” says Lambert “+e was the nicest guy on the planet” Drones: ‘We’re waiting for the ¿rst crash we know it’s going to happen’ Continued from Page 1A “If I want to take this thing to 0e[ico, I would have to ¿ll out all the same forms if I was going to take a real aircraft to 0e[ico,” Gage said The Federal Aviation Administration, which reg- ulates US aircraft, recom- mends users inform the air- port or tower within 5 miles “That’s not a requirement, it’s a recommendation,” Gage said Gage said the 5-mile limit “is pretty severe for small airports” Gearhart resident John Dudley asked the commission “to balance restrictions and regulations with sane use of the drones” “Where we live in Little Beach, there are a lot of short- term rentals, and we’ve seen a number of people who are there for a day or two or three with drones, and they’re in and they’re out,” Dudley said “They’re there to have fun, but often they abuse the privileges and don’t respect other peo- ple or other things, that would be doubly hard to control, to advise those people” FAA RECOMMENDATIONS • Fly below 400 feet and remain clear of surrounding obstacles. • Keep the aircraft within visual line of sight at all times. • Remain well clear of and do not interfere with manned aircraft operations. • Don’t fly within 5 miles of an airport unless you contact the airport and control tower before flying. • Don’t fly near people or stadiums. • Don’t fly an aircraft that weighs more than 55 pounds. • Don’t be careless or reckless with your unmanned aircraft — you could be fined for endangering people or other aircraft. LEARN MORE FAA recommendations: http://1.usa.gov/1p5OAvI FAA hobby/recreational do’s and dont’s: http://1.usa.gov /1LFNKzx Know Before You Fly campaign: http://knowbeforeyoufly.org Submitted Photo +enderson pulled the con- versation back “We need to try to stick to what effects they’re going to have at the air- port,” he said +enderson said he did not want the airport committee to end up “being a sounding board for people’s complaints of drones peeking in people’s windows” +e and other committee members said they sought a way to provide for drone users to register their Àight plans with the city Seaside Public Works Director Dale McDowell said he didn’t want “people calling me on a Sunday morning say- ing I want to Ày my drone” +e recommended those calls be directed to police dispatch Committee member Bruce Francis agreed police dispatch would be more practical than notifying the city or the airport Dan Sealy of Brevin’s Fudge used his drone to take a picture of the Astoria Sunday Mar- ket in 2014. “That’s a very easy way to overcome this problem Because dispatch is there 24 hours a day That way you know you’ve met the ‘bur- den’ requirement, because it’s logged in with an of¿cial,” Francis said “If it ever comes to the lawsuit — we’re wait- ing for the ¿rst crash — and we know it’s going to happen — you’ve got it logged in” PARTNERS FOR THE PAC PRESENTS Directed by Sheila Shaffer Seaside Municipal Airport is a small paved airstrip It is considered usable by light sin- gle engine and twin aircraft only The airport is used by local pilots and “Àightseeing” operations +enderson said he wanted to take a wait-and-see atti- tude as pilots nationwide issue policy “Everybody’s kind of wondering; they have all the same questions,” +ender- son said “I’m hoping some sort of guidelines come out of the Oregon Pilots Asso- ciation that are Àe[ible and have measures that would apply to small- , medium- and high-traf¿c airports, so cities could know what to say We really don’t have anything to this point” ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A CHANGE? 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