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T he C olumbia P ress December 8, 2017 3 leads to arrests Hammond, Astoria men indicted in sex case Ministorage break-in leased another unit illegally, A fisherman once James Herbert Cun- profiled by the San ningham, 46, of Astoria Francisco Chronicle was charged with rape and a second man and attempted sexual with a history of abuse of the woman. drug-related arrests He faces 58 years in both were indicted prison and remains in in late November by jail, where he’s serv- Sturgell the Clatsop County ing time on a previous Grand Jury for sex- crime. ual abuse against a Sturgell was de- woman in 2015. scribed as “the world’s Dennis Lee Sturgell greatest fisherman” in Sr., 65, of Ham- a 2008 San Francisco mond was charged Chronicle profile on the with unlawful sexual crabbing season. penetration against In February 2009, he a woman while she Campbell pleaded guilty to two was incapacitated. counts of unlawful use He was arrested and re- of commercial crab pots and leased on $500,000 bail was fined and sentenced to 30 and faces 62 ½ years in days in jail by the Tillamook prison. County Circuit Court. In June of that year, he fought to have his commercial fishing license reinstated. According to the Chron- icle story, Sturgell bought his first boat when he was 17 and once owned a fleet of five. In 1973, while returning to Hammond after doing some ocean crabbing, Sturgell watched as his brother- in-law’s boat took a wave, rolled and went down. He rescued his brother-in-law, but the boat’s deckhand and Sturgell’s 6-year-old neph- ew died. In 1994, one of his boats disappeared in the Gulf of Alaska during a storm, los- ing the entire crew as well as the boat. State lifts health advisory at Coffenbury Lake The Oregon Health Author- ity this week lifted a health advisory for Coffenbury Lake that had been in place since July 28. The lake, in Fort Stevens State Park, Water monitoring con- firmed that the levels of blue- green algae and the toxins they produce are now below guideline values for human exposure, according to the Oregon Health Authority. However, people should continue to be cautious with their pets in the lake be- cause toxins are still above the very low exposure lev- els established for dogs. Recreational visitors should always be alert to signs of algae blooms in all waters, because blooms can develop and disappear throughout the season. However, only a fraction of the many lakes and water- ways in Oregon are moni- tored for blue-green algae by state, federal and local agen- cies. People, and especially small children and pets, should avoid areas where the water is foamy, scummy, thick like paint, pea green, blue green or brownish red in color. Also avoid any water that has a thick mat of blue-green al- gae or if bright green cells are suspended in the water. If you observe these signs, avoid activities that cause you to swallow water or inhale droplets, such as swimming or high-speed water activities. For health information, to report human or pet illness- es due to blooms, or to ask questions, contact the Ore- gon Health Authority at 971- 673-0400. Information about adviso- ries issued or lifted can be found on the information line at 877-290-6767. Public Safety Calls Continued from Page 2 • Male with chest pain, 5:52 a.m. Nov. 29, 700 block East Harbor Drive. • Female who fell, 1:20 p.m. Nov. 30, 200 block Southwest Alder Avenue. • Female with difficulty breath- ing, 3:50 p.m. Dec. 1, 33200 block Sunset Beach Lane. • Female with chest pain, 4:32 a.m. Dec. 2, 1600 block South- east Dolphin Avenue. • Male with difficulty breathing, 12:29 p.m. Dec. 2, 600 block South Highway 101. • Male who broke leg in fall, 3:53 p.m. Dec. 2, 100 block Southeast Neptune Avenue. • Male having difficulty breath- ing, 4:50 p.m. Dec. 2, 33200 block Sunset Beach Lane. • Unresponsive female, 6:45 p.m. Dec. 2, 33200 block Sunset Beach Lane. • Male with possible heart attack, 8:11 a.m. Dec. 3, Air Force Re- serve Building, Camp Rilea. • Female with possible stroke, 11:12 p.m. Dec. 3, 200 block Southwest Alder Avenue. The Columbia Press Two Seaside women were arrested Monday after they cut locks off at least one stor- age unit and loaded their pickup with items, according to a police report. A nearby business owner told police he was leaving work about 11:50 p.m. Mon- day when he saw the wom- en parked inside Out of Site Storage on Dolphin Avenue, a facility that’s open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. only. They ap- peared to be breaking into one of the units, according to the report. The women were driving away as officers arrived and their red Dodge Dakota was pulled over. In the bed were furniture and other items. The women told police the items belonged to them and they’d been working with an- other officer regarding the theft of the items, according to the report. Police contacted the owner of the storage units, who told them the women had no con- tract with Out of Site Storage and were not paying rent. It’s possible they’d sub- the owner told police, but no rent had been paid on that unit and cylinder locks had been placed that afternoon on all empty and unpaid units. A lock on one empty unit had been cut off with a grind- er, a second unit that was sup- posed to be empty had items in it with a new lock put on by someone other than the own- er and a third lock had grind marks on it as if an attempt had been made to open it, ac- cording to police. Shelly C. Decell, 53, of War- renton was arrested on sus- picion of criminal mischief III, theft of services, criminal trespassing, failure to carry and present a valid license and using an invalid license. She also was cited for driving while suspended. Decell’s daughter, Tiffany M. Schneider, 29, of Seaside, was arrested on suspicion of criminal mischief III, theft of services and criminal tres- passing. The women were booked at Clatsop County Jail and re- leased, pending a court hear- ing.