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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019
IN BRIEF
Navy hovercraft makes landfall Monday
WARRENTON — A Navy hovercraft will deliver
supplies to Sunset Beach on Monday as part of a disas-
ter-preparedness drill.
Clatsop County partnered with the Navy and state
Military Department to demonstrate how crucial sup-
plies and equipment can be delivered to the North
Coast in the wake of a major natural disaster, such as
a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami.
The Navy will station an amphibious ship off the
coast and launch the hovercraft around 9 a.m. Mon-
day, with a second run later for more supplies. The
public can view the hovercraft on the beach follow-
ing the second landing. Hearing protection is recom-
mended for when the hovercraft is operating.
Free fi shing this weekend
No fi shing licenses are required to fi sh in Oregon
on Saturday and Sunday.
Other fi shing regulations, such as closures, bag lim-
its and size restrictions, still apply.
— The Astorian
DEATHS
May 29, 2019
HULETT,
Linda
Joyce, 77, of Astoria, died
in Astoria. Ocean View
Funeral & Cremation Ser-
vice of Astoria is in charge
of the arrangements.
PALMER, Della June,
75, of Warrenton, died
in Astoria. Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary in
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
May 27, 2019
EMMITT, Gerald J.,
56, of Warrenton, died
in Portland, Ocean View
Funeral & Cremation Ser-
vices of Astoria is in charge
of the arrangements.
Astoria man accused of
abusing girl over four years
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Astorian
Douglas Trent Davis,
57, of Astoria, was arrested
Thursday and arraigned Fri-
day on charges that he sex-
ually abused a preteen girl
over the past four years.
Davis faces four counts
of fi rst-degree sexual abuse,
a Class B felony. The Mea-
sure 11 crime carries a man-
datory minimum sentence of
six years and three months
for each count.
Detective Ryan Hum-
phrey of the Clatsop County
Sheriff’s Offi ce interviewed
both the girl and Davis earlier
this month. In a court docu-
ment, the detective detailed
the girl’s graphic account of
Davis’ alleged serial abuse
— he allegedly forced her
to perform sex acts on him,
showed her pornography
and took nude photos of her
on his cellphone.
Douglas denied being
sexually attracted to chil-
dren, Humphrey wrote. But
a search of his residence
turned up child-sized sex
toys, including some iden-
tical to those drawn by the
Douglas Davis of Astoria has been charged with four counts of fi rst-degree sexual abuse.
girl.
Investigators are still
examining evidence, includ-
ing hard drives containing
lewd images of the girl.
Davis sat in the Clatsop
County Jail in a black-and-
white jumpsuit during his
arraignment Friday, con-
nected by video to Circuit
Court Judge Paula Brown-
hill. Clatsop County District
Attorney Ron Brown said
there are likely more search
warrants and Measure 11
charges coming against
Davis, who will go before a
grand jury.
Brownhill set Davis’ bail
at $500,000 and appointed
attorney Kristopher Kaino to
represent him. Davis returns
to court next week for a
grand jury indictment.
ON THE RECORD
DUII
• State police arrested
Peter Doyle, 49, of Corne-
lius, on Wednesday near
U.S. Highway 101 and
Beerman Creek Road for
driving under the infl u-
ence of intoxicants and
reckless driving. Police
stopped Doyle for a vio-
lation in a highway work
zone and after a com-
plaint by another driver.
He recorded a blood alco-
hol content of 0.22%.
• Warrenton police
arrested Darrin Nich-
ols, 55, of Astoria, on
Wednesday for DUII after
he drove his vehicle into
the Warrenton Mini Mart,
breaking a window.
At 13th Street Alley, a mural takes shape
CORRECTION
No puzzle answers — In the Thursday issue of
Coast Weekend, the answers to the New York Times
Magazine crossword, “Hook-ups,” on Page 6, were
omitted. Below are the answers.
Katie Frankowicz/The Astorian
Artist Andie Sterling has started to paint her mural in the 13th Street Alley in downtown Astoria.
Coast Guard medevacs
fi shing boat captain
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Port of Astoria Airport Ad-
visory Committee, 4 p.m.,
terminal building, 1110 S.E.
Flightline Drive, Warrenton.
Astoria City Council,
7 p.m., City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
TUESDAY
Seaside Community
Center Commission,
10:30 a.m., Bob Chisholm
Center, 1225 Avenue A.
Port of Astoria Commis-
sion, 4 p.m. workshop, Port
The Astorian
offi ces, 10 Pier 1 Suite 209.
Seaside Library Board,
4:30 p.m., Seaside Public
Library, 1131 Broadway.
Clatsop Care Health Dis-
trict Board, 5 p.m., Clatsop
Care Health and Rehabilita-
tion, 646 16th St.
Miles Crossing Sanitary
Sewer District Board,
6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway
101 Business.
Seaside Planning Com-
mission, 7 p.m., City Hall,
989 Broadway.
A Coast Guard air crew
medevaced the 55-year-
old captain of the commer-
cial fi shing vessel Emerald
Seas on Thursday after he
suffered a heart attack 20
miles west of Tillamook
Bay.
The crew of the Emer-
ald Seas called in the emer-
gency to watchstanders
at Sector Columbia River
in Warrenton, who dis-
patched an MH-60 Jay-
hawk helicopter from
Air Station Astoria and
a 47-foot motor lifeboat
from Station Tillamook
Bay in Garibaldi.
The motor lifeboat
crew took the captain,
still ambulatory after tak-
ing heart medication, on
board to ease his hoist to
the helicopter . The air crew
hoisted and fl ew him to
emergency responders at
the Tillamook Airport.
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Astoria police are investi-
gating a stabbing Wednesday
night downtown.
Offi cers who responded
to 11th Street and Marine
Drive came upon a 39-year-
old Astoria man with a stab
would to the chest lying on
the sidewalk. The person
who stabbed him, a 35-year-
old man from Astoria, also
stayed at the scene.
The two men reportedly
fought prior to the stabbing.
The man responsible for the
stabbing claimed he was
assaulted by the stabbing
victim.
No arrests have been made
pending further investigation.
“From what we’ve learned
so far, it appears these men
have had history of confl ict
with one another,” Deputy
Police Chief Eric Halverson
said in a news release. “We
are continuing to investi-
gate this situation and will be
sending the case to the Clat-
sop County District Attor-
ney’s Offi ce for a charging
decision.”
The stabbing victim went
to Columbia Memorial Hos-
pital for initial treatment and
later Oregon Health & Sci-
ence University.
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