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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2017
Astoria man sentenced for burglary
Astoria High School graduate
killed by alleged drunken driver and robbery of local restaurants
KING 5 and
The Daily Astorian
Troy Biddle, a Seattle attor-
ney who graduated from Asto-
ria High School, and his son,
Baden, were killed Saturday in
a crash in California caused by
a suspected drunken driver.
The Biddles, who lived on
Bainbridge Island, Washing-
ton, were killed along with two
relatives — Daryl Horn and
his son, Joseph — who lived in
Napa, California. Horn’s son,
Jared, a pitcher at the Univer-
sity of California, Berkeley,
was driving and survived the
crash.
Authorities suspect a Sacra-
mento man caused the hit-and-
run crash on Interstate 80 near
San Pablo. He is facing murder
and drunken-driving charges.
Biddle, 52, graduated from
Astoria High School in 1983.
KING 5 in Seattle reported
that the Biddles had been
in California to visit fam-
ily over the Thanksgiving
holiday weekend. Accord-
ing to the families, KING 5
reported, the dads and their
sons spent Saturday playing in
an annual father-son basketball
tournament.
Seaside Airport considers amenities for arrivals
By R.J. MARX
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — Bikes at Sea-
side Airport? Yes. Camping?
No.
The Seaside Airport Advi-
sory Committee met Tuesday
night with an eye to visiting
travelers. On the agenda was
a request to allow camping on
the airport’s grassy area and a
new bike storage unit.
When visitors fly to Sea-
side, they still need to travel
to their final destination, Ran-
dall Henderson, the commit-
tee’s chairman, said. Bicycles
would be available to pilots
and their passengers.
“Pilots don’t have cars
parked at the airport and would
appreciate transportation to
homes or lodging in Seaside
and Gearhart,” Henderson
said. “In small general avia-
tion, it’s called ‘the last mile
R.J. Marx/The Daily Astorian
Randall Henderson and
Teri Carpenter, chairman
and vice chairwoman of the
Seaside Airport Advisory
Committee.
problem.’ You get to the air-
port and you’re kind of stuck.”
Other Oregon airports pro-
vide courtesy or loaner cars,
Henderson said. Sunriver Air-
port keeps a stable of bicycles
available for visitors.
Costs, and in some cases
the bicycles, are mostly cov-
ered by donations, Henderson
said.
Before the bike program
can begin, storage will be
needed. The committee agreed
a 3-foot-by-9-foot container
— rather than a shed — would
offer the most portability and
durability. Cost estimates
will be presented at a future
session.
While the bikes and shed
won easy agreement, the
camping discussion never
moved forward.
City ordinance prohibits
camping anywhere in the city
and the airport is no exception.
“The committee has pushed
for a long time and the city has
not allowed people to put their
tent out into the grass,” Hen-
derson said. “It’s something
most small airports allow, but
the city will confiscate your
tent in the grassy area.”
To change the policy
would require a variance, he
said. “We keep asking and the
answer is ‘no.’”
Stone sentenced to
more than 4 1/2 years
after reaching plea deal
By JACK HEFFERNAN
The Daily Astorian
An Astoria man was sentenced Wednes-
day to more than 4 1/2 years in prison
for the robbery and burglary of two city
restaurants.
Hart Holden Stone, 21, was arrested in
June after robbing a Sahara Pizza delivery
driver. He and a teenager, from a vacant
Emerald Heights home where one of the
suspects used to reside, ordered a pizza and
manhandled the driver when he approached
the door. While the suspect grabbed the
man by the throat, Stone stole the driver’s
cash bag and ran off.
Astoria police arrested Stone shortly
after, while the other suspect remained at
large. Police eventually identified Chris-
topher Joe Reimers, 17, as the suspect and
arrested him in connection with the case.
He is in a Cowlitz County, Washington, jail
in a separate case.
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Both were charged with first-degree rob-
bery, second-degree robbery, first-degree
burglary and second-degree theft. Reimers
also was charged with strangulation.
In early August, the Clatsop County Dis-
trict Attorney’s Office charged Stone with
second-degree burglary, third-degree theft
and second-degree criminal mischief after
he burglarized the Astoria Coffeehouse &
Bistro.
Days before robbing the pizza deliv-
ery driver, Stone broke into the restau-
rant through the front door just after 5 a.m.
He then stole $375 from the cash register.
Stone had previously been employed at the
restaurant, and other employees were able
to identify him in surveillance footage.
Stone pleaded no contest Wednesday to
second-degree robbery and second-degree
burglary after reaching a deal with the dis-
trict attorney’s office. He did not comment
at a sentencing hearing.
Reimers is scheduled for an early resolu-
tion conference next week. James Lee von
Boeckmann, his court-appointed attorney,
said Wednesday that Reimers has agreed to
the same deal that Stone reached. Reimers
likely will plead and be sentenced at the
hearing.
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