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The Week Ahead
Public Meetings
W ednesday
• Warrenton City Commis-
sion, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S.
Main Ave.
Public Safety Calls
t uesday
• Warrenton Sunrise Ro-
tary, 7 a.m., Dooger’s Restau-
rant, 103 S. Highway 101.
• TOPS Take Off Pounds
Sensibly, 10 a.m., First Bap-
tist Church, 30 N.E. First St.
Info: 503-338-8214.
• “Once Upon A Mattress”
play, 7 p.m., Warrenton
High School, 1700 S. Main
Ave. Same time Thursday and
Saturday.
W ednesday
• Warrenton-Hammond
School Board, 6 p.m. work
session on facilities planning,
Warrenton High School Li-
brary, 1700 S. Main Ave.
• Clatsop County Board
of Commissioners, 6 p.m.,
857 Commercial St., Astoria.
F riday
• Warrenton-Hammond
School District in-service
day. No school for children.
s aturday
• Astoria-Warrenton Area
Chamber of Commerce
Annual Meeting & Ban-
quet, 5 p.m., Clatsop County
Fairgrounds, 92937 Walluski
Loop, Astoria. Info: 503-325-
6311.
t hursday
• Sunset Empire Trans-
portation District Board,
9 a.m., Transit Center, 900
Marine Drive, Astoria.
• Clatsop County Recre-
ational Lands Planning
Advisory Board, 1 p.m.,
800 Exchange St., Fourth
Floor Astoria.
Road Work
• A major project in downtown
Tillamook is likely to delay
drivers headed south on High-
way 101 and work will continue
on the Astoria-Meglar Bridge’s
$20 million painting and im-
provement project through July.
• Road maintenance in Jeffers
Garden and Lewis & Clark Road.
• Road maintenance on Aldrich
Point Road and Old Highway 30
in Svensen.
• Brush removal in Hamlet.
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a rrests
• Trespassing, 2:30 p.m. Jan. 13,
Fred Meyer. A subject previ-
ously trespassed from store had
returned. Raymond Heath, 65,
no known address, was arrested
on suspicion of criminal tres-
passing. He also had a warrant
for contempt of court. He was
booked at Clatsop County Jail.
• Furnishing alcohol to a minor,
4:15 p.m. Jan. 1, behind Fred
Meyer. Timothy Ramirez, 24, of
Warrenton was arrested on sus-
picion of providing alcohol to a
20-year-old female. The female
was cited for being a minor in
possession of alcohol by con-
sumption.
• Trespassing, 4:40 p.m. Jan.
2, Fred Meyer. A subject previ-
ously trespassed from store had
returned. Jennifer K. VanGundy,
35, of Astoria was arrested on
suspicion of criminal trespass-
ing and, when she was booked
at Clatsop County Jail, she was
found to have a Columbia Coun-
ty Corrections detainer and was
in possession of heroin and drug
paraphernalia. Her case will be
turned over to the District Attor-
ney’s Office.
• Domestic disturbance, 11:40
p.m. Jan. 4, 100 block South-
west Cedar Avenue. Man broke
down the door at his ex-girl-
friend’s apartment and demand-
ed she give him a ride home.
Brandon Lee Lau, 34, of Astoria
was arrested on suspicion of
criminal mischief and criminal
trespassing and booked at Clat-
sop County Jail.
• Trespassing, 4:41 p.m. Jan. 5,
Fred Meyer. A man who’d previ-
ously been trespassed was in the
store wearing a wig to disguise
his appearance. Orion Shay
Adamson, 42, of Warrenton was
arrested for criminal trespassing
and an outstanding warrant for
possessing heroin and metham-
phetamine.
• Traffic stop, 11:50 a.m. Jan.
7, Southwest Second and Elm.
Parker Phillip Whitsett, 20, of
Astoria was arrested on an out-
standing warrant for interfering
with police and for being a minor
in possession of marijuana. The
jail was too crowded to take him
and he was released pending a
court hearing.
• Domestic disturbance, 8:58
p.m. Jan. 7, 300 block of Lake
Drive, Hammond. Crystal Anne
Vela, 39, of Hammond was ar-
rested on suspicion of hitting her
boyfriend in the face. She was
booked at Clatsop County Jail.
• Warrant, 9:55 a.m. Jan. 9,
South Main Avenue at Highway
101 Alternate. Abraham Zachary
Schultz, 21, was arrested for an
outstanding contempt of court
warrant from Linn County. He
was booked at Clatsop County
Jail.
• Fugitive, 11:45 p.m. Jan. 9,
Ridge Road at Parkview Apart-
ments. Byron Earl Freniere, 34,
of John Day was arrested on
warrants from Clatsop County
and Seaside. He was booked at
Clatsop County Jail.
t Hefts
• Bank fraud, 3:15 p.m. Jan. 3,
police station lobby. Man reports
an individual with the same
name as his called to say he
had access to his bank account.
During the weekend, $20,000
was removed from his account
and transferred to the account
of the other man with the same
name in Kirkland, Wash.
• Stolen car recovered, 2:39 p.m.
Jan. 4, dirt road off Ridge Road
near Parkview Apartments. A
Toyota Paseo reported stolen
from Warrenton Marina in Sep-
tember was found stripped and
hidden in shrubbery on vacant
property owned by Fort Pointe
Partners LLC.
• Theft of tires and fuel, 3:11
p.m. Jan. 7, 11 Place and Marlin
Avenue. Gasoline and snow tires
were taken from a garage.
• Burglary, 8:46 a.m. Jan. 8, 1200
block Southwest Ninth St. A man
reported his wallet, sunglasses,
jacket and computer missing
from his home.
• Shoplifting, 2:01 p.m. Jan. 9,
Costco. Subject agreed to pay for
item taken and was trespassed
from the store.
• Theft of stop sign, 7:39 a.m.
Jan. 10, Hammond Marina.
s uspICIous CIrCumstanCes /
dIsturBanCes
• Vandalism, 4:01 p.m. Jan. 3,
Robinson Community Park,
Southwest Third and Alder
streets. A woman and her daugh-
ter witnessed two boys pull out a
light fixture and throw it into the
women’s restroom.
• Disturbance, 3:20 p.m. Jan. 5,
Warrenton Marina. Man upset
when marine officers seized his
boat.
• Disburbance, 10:06 p.m. Jan.
6, South Jetty Lounge. Impaired
woman refusing to leave. The
32-year-old woman agreed to
leave and called a relative to pick
her up.
• Disturbance, 1:21 p.m. Jan. 7,
Fort Stevens State Park camping
area. Motorhome was gone by
the time officers arrived. Vehicle
and parties involved were later
located in Astoria.
V eHICles
• Suspicious vehicle, 12:30 a.m.
Jan. 7, Marlin Avenue south of
Highway 101. Driver cited for
driving while suspended.
• Two-vehicle noninjury collision,
8:10 a.m. Jan. 10, parking lot at
Fred Meyer.
• Traffic stop, 8 p.m. Jan. 10,
1100 block Southeast Willow
Drive. Driver cited for being a
minor in possession of marijua-
na.
• Two-vehicle noninjury collision,
11:45 a.m. Jan. 12, Highway 101
at Youngs Bay Plaza.
• Traffic stop, 2:10 a.m. Jan. 14,
Ensign Lane at 19 Street. Driver
cited for having ho operator’s
license.
f Ire / serVICe Calls
• Sprinkler alarm going off, 9:29
a.m. Jan. 11, 400 block Fleet
Street.
• Fire behind grill, 5:51 p.m.
Jan. 11, 0-100 block North Main
Avenue.
• Smoke detector activation, 7:14
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