T he C olumbia P ress
December 8, 2017
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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
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• 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.