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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2016 Warrenton man sentenced for luring a minor for sex Sent sexually explicit photos to underage girl By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian A 21-year-old Warrenton man was sentenced for send- ing sexually explicit photo- graphs of himself to an under- age girl with the intention of having sex. Colby Ray Cochran pleaded guilty Tuesday in Clatsop County Circuit Court to luring a minor, a class C fel- ony. Other charges of online sexual corruption and attempt- ing to use a child in display of sexually explicit conduct were dropped through a plea tors said they eventually met agreement. in person and he was putting Cochran was sentenced pressure on the girl to date. to 75 days in jail Cochran admit- with credit for time ted to Judge Paula served and four Brownhill that he years probation. If knew his actions he violates the pro- were illegal at the bation, he will face time. between 16 and 18 “I furnished a months in prison. minor a picture of In addition, my genitals along Cochran must with a statement register as a sex for the purpose of Colby offender and seek inducing her into Ray Cochran treatment, have no sexual conduct,” contact with minors Cochran wrote in or the victim and pay the vic- his plea petition. tim a $2,500 ine. Deputy District Attorney The luring occurred Dawn Buzzard said the vic- between June and November tim is having a dificult time 2014, when Cochran was 19 with some friends and family and the girl was 13. Prosecu- who mistakenly think she was Future of old Port ofices in doubt Social services group wants lease By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Community Action Team will have to wait while the Port of Astoria decides what to do with its old offices. The Port Commission on Tuesday tabled discus- sion of a lease to the social services group for 1,600 square feet on the first floor of the agency’s old offices at 422 Gateway Ave. The lease would pay $1,525 a month and last five years with a similar renewal option, while the group would pay the remodeling costs. Commissioner James Campbell said that for three years, the consensus on the Port Commission has been to remodel the old offices and leave the Pier 1 build- ing. He had campaigned for the commission on divest- ing the Port from the build- ing. The agency bought the building from former Port Commissioner Glenn Tag- gart in 2010 using a $1.7 million loan to settle a law- suit with Columbia Bank. The bank had foreclosed on the building in 2008, and the Port had gone into default on its ground lease underneath. Knight was taken aback by the idea of moving the Port’s offices with repre- sentatives of Community Action Team sitting in the audience, expecting a new lease. “This is new news to us,” he said of the move to abandon the Pier 1 building, adding he has been tasked with renting out the Port’s vacant spaces and increas- ing revenue. The Port has long been advertising the vacant space in its old offices, he said, with advertisements of the space and “for rent” signs on the windows. During public comment, former Port Commissioner Floyd Holcom said former Executive Director Jack Crider had convinced the Port Commission that the building was contaminated because of underground fuel leaks the agency is still try- ing to get cleaned up. Hol- com said the plan was to move the offices to the Pier 1 building, establish a meet- ing space in a breezeway there and tear the old offices down. Community Action Team wanted to base homeowner and family health programs in the first floor of the Port’s old offices. Knight said the group looked at all the Port’s vacant spaces and found the offices ideal for its needs. Beverly Danner, assistant executive director of Community Action Team, said the social service agency is getting close to having to move out of its current offices, which it shares with Clatsop Commu- nity Action in downtown Astoria. “Could I have a time- line on how long this might go on?” she asked. Knight said he will hold communications soon with the Port Com- mission on what it wants to do with the agency’s offices. somehow responsible. “She was no way respon- sible here. He was the adult,” Buzzard said. The girl’s mother is the one who contacted Warren- ton Police after checking her daughter’s phone and discov- ering inappropriate messages from Cochran. Warrenton Police arrested Cochran in April after an extensive investigation that included collecting infor- mation from various social media applications, review- ing text messages and fol- lowing up with the victim. Police used new local Cel- lebrite software that pulls data off cellphones and other mobile devices to investi- gate the case. Portland’s bike-rental program inally pedals out The Astoria Ford Fisher- men open play Thursday against Lebanon, in irst round action of the Oregon Junior Baseball state tournament. Games will be played at two different sites, Western Oregon University in Monmouth and Crescent Valley High School. Astoria Ford plays Leba- non at 5 p.m. at Western Ore- gon, with the winner advancing to face either Corvallis or Thur- ston Friday. Thursday’s full schedule: Oregon Junior Baseball State Tournament At Western Oregon U. 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