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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 Seaside man pleads Warrenton man charged guilty to Salem murder with online sex abuse Authorities suspect shooting was gang-related By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian A Seaside man pleaded guilty to murder in Mar- ion County Circuit Court this week for shooting and killing a man in Salem last May. Robert Gordon Davis, 32, pleaded guilty to murder, reck- less endangerment and unlaw- ful possession of He was previ- a irearm. He shot ously convicted and killed Jose in Clatsop County Garcia-Roldan. for unlawful use Garcia-Roldan of a weapon, was taken to Salem assault, menacing, Hospital and pro- criminal trespass, nounced dead. resisting arrest, Marion County strangulation and Sheriff’s Ofice ofi- theft. cials investigated He faces a man- Robert the incident as a datory minimum Gordon Davis gang-related shoot- sentence of 25 years ing, according to the States- in prison. man Journal. A sentencing hearing is Davis was arrested on a war- scheduled next week in Mar- rant in July in Clatsop County. ion County Circuit Court. Inmate who damaged jail window sentenced By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian The Clatsop County Jail inmate who damaged a jail win- dow in February has pleaded guilty. Logan Douglas Holt, 27, of Warrenton, pleaded guilty in Clat- sop County Circuit Court ear- lier this month to second-degree criminal mischief. An attempted escape charge was dismissed. Holt claims he never intended to escape. He was sentenced to six months in jail to be served at the same time as a four-year prison sentence for previous assault and theft convictions. The damage to the jail win- The jail incident dow is the second occurred Feb. 22. He incident in less than placed a bolt in a pil- a year. Two inmates lowcase and used it tried to escape in to break out a win- July by breaking dow in the jail. He off a shower drain damaged the win- grate, tying it to a bed dow, but did not sheet and swinging break it out. The it against a window damage was esti- until the window mated at more than shattered. Logan $400. He is ordered The only other Douglas Holt to pay restitution for escape attempt on the damage. record occurred A passer-by saw it happen- more than a decade ago, when ing from outside the jail and an inmate jumped from the roof reported it to the Clatsop County of a recreation area and was Sheriff’s Ofice. caught a day later. Investigation started two years ago By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian A 21-year-old War- renton man is accused of having sexually explicit online communication with a underage girl in an effort to meet her in person. Colby Ray Cochran pleaded not guilty Mon- day in Clatsop County Circuit Court to first-de- gree online sexual corrup- tion, luring a minor and attempting to use a child in display of sexually explicit conduct. The alleged crimes occurred between June and November 2014, when Cochran was 19 and the girl was 13. Warrenton Police arrested Cochran Sun- day after a lengthy inves- tigation that included col- lecting information from various social media applications, reviewing text messages and follow- ing up with the victim. ing inappropriate messages “There are a lot of steps from Cochran. to it,” Warrenton Police Workman said law Chief Mathew Workman enforcement agencies said. “All of this takes time encourage parents and and the right equipment.” guardians to set bound- When the investigation aries and follow through started more than by checking two years ago, their child’s Warrenton Police electronics. did not have a Many times detective and did young children not have local do not see the red access to Cel- flags communi- lebrite software cating online or that pulls data on cellphones, off cellphones and do not real- and other mobile ize they are in Colby Ray devices smaller danger, Workman Cochran than a laptop. said. Newly appointed Cochran did detective Cliff Bussert inished meet with the girl in per- the investigation. For future son, although nothing ille- cases, the Warrenton Police will gal happened when they be able to use Cellebrite soft- met. ware recently acquired by Asto- According to the indict- ria Police, rather than traveling ment, he used online com- to Portland. munication to solicit the “I didn’t have a detective girl to engage in sexually at the time,” Workman said. explicit conduct and took “Once I got a detective, he substantial steps toward started doing the follow-up physically meeting with with the victim and victim’s her. mother.” Cochran remains in cus- The girl’s mother is the tody on $75,000 bail. He one who contacted police is due back in court for an after checking her daugh- early resolution conference ter’s phone and discover- next month. Planned power outage in Cannon Beach The Daily Astorian A planned power out- age will take place in Can- non Beach starting at 9 p.m. Wednesday. Pacific Power estimates the outage will last approx- imately nine hours. The outage affects about 2,800 Pacific Power customers. The power interruption is necessary for Bonneville Power Administration to safely replace and upgrade electrical equipment, Alisa Dunlap, Pacific Power’s regional business manager, said in a letter to customers. The outage will affect all of Cannon Beach as well as nearby communities such as Arch Cape and Falcon Cove. Bill would return Kennewick Man to tribes Associated Press SPOKANE — A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to require the federal government to give the bones of Kennewick Man back to the Indian tribes from which he descended. The bipartisan bill was introduced Tuesday by U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer and U.S. Sen. James Inhofe. 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