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Public Safety Calls
The Week Ahead
Groups & Events
s unday
• Easter, Christians world-
wide celebrate Jesus’ resur-
rection.
W ednesday
• TOPS Take Off Pounds
Sensibly, 10 a.m., First Bap-
tist Church, 30 N.E. First St.
Info: 503-338-8214.
s aturday
• Storytime at the library,
11 a.m., 160 S. Main Ave.
Public Meetings
M onday
• Port of Astoria Airport
Advisory Board, 4 p.m.,
Airport terminal building.
W ednesday
• Warrenton-Hammond
School Board, work session
on budget, 6 p.m., high school
library, 1700 S. Main Ave.
t hursday
• Rural Law Enforcement
District, 5:30 p.m., sheriff’s
conference room, 1190 S.E.
19th St.
March 30, 2018
a rrests
• Drunken driving, 12:30 p.m.
March 20, Northwest Warren-
ton Drive at Seventh Street. Jens
Simon Peel, 36, of Hammond
was arrested on suspicion of
driving under the influence
of intoxicants and booked at
Clatsop County Jail, where his
blood-alcohol content was re-
corded at 0.22 percent.
• Speeding, 11:52 p.m. March 24,
Northwest Warrenton Drive at
Seventh Street. Hiram Miller
Johnson, 63, of Hammond was
arrested on suspicion of driving
under the influence of intox-
icants and booked at Clatsop
County Jail, where his blood-al-
cohol content was recorded at
0.12 percent.
t hefts and Burglaries
• Fraud, 8:40 a.m. March 18,
Premarq Center. A Seaside
woman told police she’d lost her
credit card in early March and
someone made an unauthorized
purchase for $100 on the card.
• Attempted theft of trailer,
10:25 a.m. March 19, 800 block
East Harbor Drive. Someone
attempted to pry the padlock off
a 21-foot utility trailer and bent
the mechanism.
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• Theft of speaker, 5:45 p.m.
March 20, T-Mobile store. Two
men walked in and one took a
$100 JBL speaker and ran out
of the store. Both left in a gold
Acura sedan. License was traced
to a home in Gearhart.
• Auto theft, 11:27 p.m. March
22, Fred Meyer. A blue-gray
1988 Toyota pickup valued at
$4,500 was stolen during an
employee’s work shift.
• Fraudulent check, 10:56 a.m.
March 23, 1600 block East
Harbor Drive. Customer cashed
a $2,865 check that was fraudu-
lent and then failed to repay the
business.
• Theft by fraud, 10:19 a.m.
March 26, 0-100 block Harbor
Court. A man said he contacted
an online computer security
company recommended by a
friend. After clicking on a link
for a rebate, the company took
$10,000 from his business
account.
s uspiCious CirCuMstanCes /
disturBanCes
• Domestic disturbance, 5:21
p.m. March 22, 500 block Pacific
Drive. A couple who had been
drinking got into an argument
over the TV remote and the male
physically restrained the female
until she gave up the remote.
Male half fled the residence
before police arrived.
• Criminal trespassing, 4 p.m.
March 24, Rite Aid. Woman
asleep and refusing to leave
sitting in a chair in the store’s
entrance. Misty Dawn Monsen,
44, of Astoria, who had previ-
ously been trespassed from the
store, was arrested on suspicion
of criminal trespassing and vio-
lation of parole and her release
agreement.
• Minors drinking alcohol, 7:31
p.m. March 24, Fort Stevens
State Park. Three teenagers
cited for minor in possession by
consumption.
• Disturbance with gun involved,
9:01 p.m. March 26, 100 block
Southwest Birch Avenue. Mutual
combat between at least two res-
idents with parties separated.
V ehiCles
attempting to siphon gas, 9:46
a.m. March 22, 800 block Fifth
Avenue, Hammond.
• Vehicle vs power pole, nonin-
jury, 4:25 a.m. March 23, 900
block East Harbor Drive.
• Vehicle rollover, noninjury,
4:43 a.m. March 23, 400 block
North Main Avenue.
• Two-vehicle noninjury colli-
sion, 7:54 a.m. March 23, South
Main Avenue at 13 Street.
• Speeding, 3:30 p.m. March 24,
Ridge Road near KOA. Driver
cited for going 67 in a 45 mph
zone.
• Traffic stop, 11:15 p.m. March
24, Highway 101 at Ensign Lane.
Driver cited for having no valid
operator’s license.
• Traffic stop, 6:14 p.m. March
25, Lake and Pacific drives.
Driver cited for driving while
suspended.
• Two-vehicle noninjury colli-
sion, 3:56 p.m. March 19, High-
way 101 at Neptune Avenue.
• Speeding, 7:50 p.m. March
20, West Marine Drive at First
Street. Driver cited for going 40
in a 25 mph zone.
• Vehicle vs. dog, 10:39 p.m.
March 26, 1000 block North-
west Warrenton Drive. Black
lab with red collar lying in the
middle of the road was struck by
at least three vehicles.
• Vehicle fire, 4:22 p.m. March
21, Peter Iredale Approach, Fort
Stevens State Park.
• Vehicle damaged by someone
• Smoldering fire, 8:21 a.m.
March 19, structure at Fort Ste-
vens State Park.
• Burn pile, 12:12 p.m. March 20,
1000 block Seventh Avenue.
• Mutual aid for dryer fire, 1:54
p.m. March 20, 33500 block
Ocean Home Farm Lane, Gear-
hart.
f ire Calls
• Mutual aid for structure fire, 3
a.m. March 22, 900 block North
Holladay Street, Seaside.
• Mutual aid for chimney fire,
5:27 p.m. March 23, 2900 block
Marine Drive, Astoria.
• Carbon monoxide alarm going
off, 1:37 a.m. March 24, 1400
block Southwest Pine Drive.
• Smoldering fire pit, 2:59 a.m.
March 25, 100 block Northwest
Fourth Street.
M ediCal Calls
• Female fall patient, 11:20 p.m.
March 19, 1100 block Northwest
Warrenton Drive.
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