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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.
It calls for the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers to repa-
triate the 9,000-year-old skel-
eton back to the tribes for
reburial.
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