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Public Safety Calls
The Week Ahead
a rrests
t uesday
• Halloween. Please drive
carefully.
• Astoria-Warrenton Area
Chamber of Commerce
Networking Breakfast, 8
a.m., Wet Dog Cafe, 144 11th
St., Astoria.
W ednesday
• Warrenton Rotary Club,
7 a.m. at Dooger’s Restau-
rant, 103 S. Hwy 101.
• Drunken driving, 7:34 a.m.
Oct. 14, Southwest 18 Street at
Whiskey Road. Ian J. Miner,
24, of Warrenton was arrested
on suspicion of driving under
the influence of intoxicants.
His blood-alcohol content was
measured at 0.26 percent.
An 18-year-old was cited for
being a minor in possession of
alcohol.
W ednesday
• Warrant, 3:10 a.m. Oct. 14,
400 block Ridge Road. Caleb
Daniel Connell, 29, of Warren-
ton was arrested on an out-
standing warrant for theft.
• Warrenton-Hammond
School District Finance
Committee, noon, District
Office, 820 S.W. Cedar Ave.
• Theft and criminal trespassing,
6:08 p.m. Oct. 17, Fred Meyers.
Tim D. Yaakola, 46, of Warren-
ton was arrested on suspicion
Public Meetings
Road Work
Work that could affect traffic
in Clatsop County next week
includes:
• Tree-limb removal on Walluski
Loop and Labiske Lane.
• Roadside brush chopping in
Knappa and Elsie areas.
• Pavement crack sealing in the
Knappa/Svensen area.
• Logan Road will be closed to
all traffic until mid-November
for construction on the Stave-
October 27, 2017
bolt Bridge. A detour is in place
via Lewis and Clark Road. The
bridge is 6 miles south of Miles
Crossing.
• Astoria-Megler Bridge: Bridge
painting work continues through
September 2018. Delays of up to
20 minutes are expected.
• Highway 101 Business: Bridge
rehabilitation on Old Youngs
Bay and Lewis & Clark River
bridges. Minor delays should be
expected through November.
of attempting to steal two space
heaters and returning to a place
from which he’d previously
been trespassed. He was cite-re-
leased.
• Failure to appear warrant, 6:25
p.m. Oct. 20, Marlin Avenue at
Les Schwab. Patrick R. Carlson,
29, with no known address was
given a court date of Oct. 25 in
Seaside Court.
• Drunken driving, 5:19 p.m.
Oct. 22, Main Avenue at Harbor
Drive. Pedro Perez-Hernandez
was arrested for investigation
of driving under the influence
of intoxicants and was cited for
failure to maintain lane and no
operator’s license. His blood-al-
cohol content was measured at
0.22 percent.
t hefts
• Vehicle burglary, 9:48 a.m.
Oct. 13, 600 block Alternate
Highway 101. More than $1300
in items stolen from vehicle.
• Shoplifting, 6:40 p.m. Oct. 14,
Hammond SuperMart. Two
teenage girls attempted to take
boxes of condoms before leav-
ing the store.
• Shoplifting, 7:25 p.m. Oct. 15,
TJ Maxx. Thirty-two handbags
valued at more than $4,000
were stolen by two women who
cut security ropes and walked
out the door with them.
• Vehicle prowl, 9 a.m. Oct. 17,
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400 block Southwest Cedar
Avenue. Four vehicles rifled
through; nothing of value taken.
• Shoplifting, 3:47 p.m. Oct. 18,
Fred Meyer. Female attempt-
ed to steal makeup and was
confronted by a loss-prevention
officer. Suspect ran from the
store.
• Attempted shoplifting, 5:49
p.m. Oct. 18, Goodwill. Suspect
trespassed from store.
• Vehicle burglary, 12:57 p.m.
Oct. 19, 92000 block Whiskey
Lane. Truck broken into a float
coat worth $450 was taken.
• Vehicle burglary, 3:58 p.m.
Oct. 22, 400 block South Main
Avenue. Change taken from
vehicle.
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V ehICles
• Motorcycle crash, 6:38 p.m.
Oct. 8, Northwest Warrenton
Drive at 13th Street. Rider Mary
Jo Gruhlkey, 62, of Astoria was
taken to Columbia Memorial
Hospital and then by Life Flight
to Oregon Health Sciences Uni-
versity in Portland.
• Traffic stop, 4:55 p.m. Oct.
17, Warrenton Drive at Date
Avenue. Driver cited for unsafe
passing on left and driving with-
out a license.
• Unauthorized use of a vehicle,
1:47 p.m. Oct. 15, 1600 block
Eight Court, Hammond. A
relative using the vehicle said
he planned to drive it off a cliff
or shoot himself. He was taken
to Columbia Memorial Hospital
for a psychiatric evaluation.
• Speeding, 12:55 a.m. Oct. 18,
Highway 101 at Marlin Avenue.
Driver cited for driving 67 in a
45 mph speed zone
• Racially/sexually threatening
note, noon Oct. 16, 100 block
Southwest Birch Avenue.
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• Illegal camping in motorhome,
7:20 p.m. Oct. 23. Occupant had
a suspended driver’s license.
Family member called to move
the vehicle.
• Man lying in road, 3:09 p.m.
Oct. 9, 0-100 block Northeast
Skipanon Drive. Intoxicated
man assisted to his apartment
nearby.
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• Domestic disturbance, 7:08
p.m. Oct. 23, 100 block North-
west Fourth Street. Intoxicated
couple were throwing glass
items out the door onto the
pavement. Both parties given
warning.
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• Two-vehicle collision with two
injuries, 4:12 p.m. Oct. 19, High-
way 101 and Windswept Road.
• Two-vehicle collision with one
injury, 11:52 a.m. Oct. 20, High-
way 101 at Doogers.
• Hit-and-run, 4:21 p.m. Oct. 20,
600 block South Highway 101.
• Traffic stop, 9:25 p.m. Oct. 20,
Highway 101 at Ensign Lane.
Driver cited for having no oper-
ator’s license.
• Two-vehicle noninjury colli-
sion, 3:27 p.m. Oct. 21, Highway
101 at Fred Meyer.
• Running a stop sign, 11:25 p.m.
Oct. 22, Harbor Drive at Main
Avenue. Driver cited for failure
to obey a traffic control device,
driving without a license and
driving without insurance.
• Wreckless driving, 3:40 a.m. Oct.
23, Main Avenue at Harbor Drive.
Driver cited for careless driving
and no proof of insurance.
f Ire Calls
• Illegal burn, 7:04 p.m. Oct. 13,
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