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Public Safety Calls
Public Meetings
t uesday
• Port of Astoria Board of
Directors, 4 p.m., 10 Pier 1,
Suite 209, Astoria.
The Week Ahead
M onday
• Martin Luther King Jr.
Day. Many banks and public
offices will be closed. Schools
are closed.
t uesday
• Warrenton Caregiver’s
Support Group, 1:30 p.m.,
Northwest Senior and Dis-
ability Services, 2002 S.E.
Chokeberry Ave. Info: 503-
738-6412.
W ednesday
• Warrenton Sunrise Ro-
tary, 7 a.m., Dooger’s Restau-
rant, 103 S. Highway 101.
t hursday
• Fort Stevens Post &
Auxiliary meeting, 7 p.m.,
Masonic Lodge, 66 S.W.
Fourth St.
January 12, 2018
a rrests
• Shoplifting, 3:40 p.m. Dec. 23,
Big 5 Sporting Goods. Ethan
Kipling Muniz, 28, of Astoria
was arrested on suspicion of
third-degree theft and released
pending a court hearing.
• Drunken driving, 10:42 p.m.
Dec. 26, Highway 101 and En-
sign Lane. Matthew C. Kuhnly,
40, of Astoria was arrested on
suspicion of driving under the
influence of intoxicants and was
booked at Clatsop County Jail,
where his blood-alcohol content
was measured at 0.10 percent.
• Criminal trespassing, 2 p.m.
Dec. 30, Goodwill. Joseph R.
Cox, 48, of Astoria was arrested
on suspicion of trespassing after
he was accused of returning to
the store twice since formally
having been trespassed. He
was released pending a court
hearing.
• Man lying on ground, 3:54
p.m. Dec. 30, near Warrenton
Fiber logging gate. Keith James
Hersey, 40, of Ocean Park,
Wash., told officers he was just
walking. A background check
found he had a warrant out of
Clackamas County for robbery
and he was booked at Clatsop
County Jail.
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• Drunken driving, 8:15 p.m. Dec.
31, South Main Avenue at South-
west First Street. Paula Elizabeth
Arceneaux, 58, of Hammond was
arrested on suspicion of driving
under the influence of intoxi-
cants and was booked at Clatsop
County Jail, where her blood-al-
cohol content was measured at
0.13 percent.
Jan. 1, new T-Mobile store next
to Panda Express. Unfounded;
two employees couldn’t get the
doors to lock properly.
• Theft of boat motor, 3:41 p.m.
Jan. 2, 1700 block Northwest
Warrenton Drive. Motor was
valued at $1,200.
s uspICIous CIrCumstanCes /
dIsturBanCes
• Man slumped over steering
wheel in parking lot, 8:26 p.m.
Dec. 31, Pacific Drive at Ridge
Road. Police K-9 dog Gabe lo-
cated suspected heroin, a spoon
and syringe inside the vehicle.
Mitchell Dean Simonsen, 33,
of Warrenton was taken into
custody after his parole officer
was contacted and she placed a
detainer hold on him.
• Drunken driving, 12:35 a.m.
Jan. 1, Southwest Main Court at
Southwest Second Street. Adam
Lee Taylor, 21, of Warrenton
was arrested on suspicion of
driving under the influence of
intoxicants and cited for having
no operator’s license. He was
booked at Clatsop County Jail,
where his blood-alcohol content
was measured at 0.19 percent.
t hefts /B urglarIes
• Money taken, 11:10 a.m. Dec.
30, 100 block South Highway
101. Woman told police she’d
forgotten her wallet at a business
and when she returned to pick
it up, the cash was missing. The
business told police the wallet
was found outside and brought
in by a transient.
• Burglary in progress, 9:04 p.m.
Road Work
• ODOT crews will perform
maintenance on Highway 30 at
the east end of Astoria during
the next two weeks. The west-
bound lane will be closed with
flaggers controlling traffic.
• County work crews will do ditch
maintenance on Lewis and Clark
Road and chopping brush on
Highlands Lane and Fort Clat-
sop Road near Astoria.
• Malicious mischief, 12:10 p.m.
Dec. 29, 0-100 block Heron
Drive. Vandals threw rocks
through two double-paned win-
dows on a storage building.
• Subjects dumping residential
trash into the business’s com-
mercial bin, 3:11 p.m. Dec. 30,
1400 block Discovery Lane. An
address on Hawkins Road in
Warrenton was located among
the dumped trash.
• Construction crew found drug
paraphernalia, 12:20 p.m. Jan.
2, Warrenton Christian Church.
• Dispute over cost of repairs,
2:22 p.m. Jan. 2, 900 block Mar-
lin Ave. Owner and customers
agreed to work out a resolution.
• Vehicles
• Two-vehicle noninjury colli-
sion, 12:27 p.m. Dec. 26, Nep-
tune Avenue at Highway 101.
• Plastic collapsible footstool
dislodged from a camper during
a windstorm and blew under the
axel of a patrol vehicle, causing
possible damage, 4:02 p.m. Dec.
29, 800 block Pacific Drive,
Hammond.
• Two-vehicle noninjury colli-
sion, 5:18 p.m. Jan. 2, Neptune
Avenue at Highway 101. Driver
cited for following too closely.
• Two-vehicle noninjury colli-
sion, 12:36 p.m. Jan. 3, Ensign
Lane at Highway 101. One driver
cited for failing to yield the
right-of-way.
f Ire Calls
• Provide mutual aid for struc-
ture fire, 6:26 p.m. Jan. 6, 89700
block Sea Breeze, Gearhart.
• Provide mutual aid for struc-
ture fire, 11:47 p.m. Jan. 6, 600
block 38 Street, Astoria.
• Structure fire, 6:49 p.m. Jan.
7, 1500 block Southwest Oak
Avenue.
• Provide mutual aid for structure
fire, 9:41 p.m. Jan. 7, 5300 block
Leif Erikson Drive, Astoria.
m edICal Calls
• Unconscious female, 3:44 p.m.
Jan. 1, 600 block South Highway
101.
• Female with irregular heart-
beat, 7:28 a.m. Jan. 2, 2200
block Southeast Salal Loop.
• Male with abdominal pain,
12:07 p.m. Jan. 2, 1800 block
Southeast Ensign Lane.
• Male child who’s passed out,
11:39 a.m. Jan. 3, Camp Rilea
camping area.
• Male with possible overdose,
5:04 p.m. Jan. 3, 1100 block
Northwest Warrenton Drive.
• Female with irregular heart-
beat, 7:24 p.m. Jan. 3, 1100
block Northwest Warrenton
Drive.
• Female with low blood pres-
sure, 10:02 p.m. Jan. 4, 200
block Southwest Second Avenue.
• Female who’s not breathing,
7:28 a.m. Jan. 5, 90900 block
South Highway 101.
• Female who’s not feeling well,
7:53 p.m. Jan. 5, 0-100 block
Tyee Street.
• Male assaulting himself, 9:31
p.m. Jan. 5, Clatsop Behavioral
Respite Center.
• Female who fell and cut head,
10:59 p.m. Jan. 5, 900 block
Pacific Drive.
• Female with flu-like symptoms,
9:16 a.m. and 10:28 a.m. Jan. 6,
2200 block Southeast Dolphin
Avenue.
• Female with diabetic issue, 5:31
p.m. Jan. 6, 600 block South
Highway 101.
• Male with difficulty breathing,
6:34 p.m. Jan. 6, 1000 block
Nautical Drive.
• Female with difficulty breath-
ing, 10:54 a.m. Jan. 7, 0-100
block Tyee Street.
• Female with difficulty breath-
ing, 11:34 a.m. Jan 7, 1600 block
Southeast Ensign Lane.
• Female with difficulty breath-
ing, 8:22 p.m. Jan. 7, 1600 block
Southeast Honeysuckle Loop.