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June 22, 2018
Public Safety Calls
nate Highway 105. A 59-year-old
Astoria man who’d set up camp
on the property was trespassed.
W arrants
• Clatsop County arrest warrant
served, 12:15 p.m. June 14,
Highway 101 at Ensign Lane.
Scott Andrew Smotherman, 59,
of Warranton was arrested for
failing to appear in court on a
driving under the influence of
intoxicants charge.
• Trespassing, 11:03 a.m. June 17,
Southeast 19th Street and High-
way 104. Marcus Le Journot, 28,
no known address, was given
criminal citations for trespassing
and offensive littering.
• Found bicycle, 8:34 a.m. June
18, 300 block SW Second Street.
t hefts / Burglaries
• Fraud, 2:27 p.m. June 13, 100
block Northwest Fourth Street.
An 18-year-old woman reported
paying $600 in iTunes gift cards
for rent and deposits on a home
in the 200 block of North Main
Avenue. People living in the
house were unaware the home
had been listed online and the
rental contract turned out to be
fraudulent.
• Stolen shopping cart, 5:40 p.m.
June 13, Costco. A 35-year-old
woman, with no known address,
was stopped for taking a cart to
use as a personal transportation
device without permission. Cart
was returned.
• Shoplifting, 6:15 p.m. June 14,
Walmart. Gus Allen Weirup, 38,
of Astoria was given a criminal
citation after attempting to leave
the store without paying for a
hover scooter, wireless backup
cameras and toiletries.
V ehiCles
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Smoke pours out the windows of an unoccupied house June 14
while police direct traffic and firefighters set up on Northwest War-
renton Drive at 13th Street.
• Shoplifting, 4:24 p.m. June 16,
Walmart. Jared Curtis Cupit,
43, of Warrenton was arrested
on suspicion of second-degree
theft after he passed a phone to
an accomplice and walked out
of the store with another mobile
phone and other items without
paying. T’Shuva R. Berman, 27,
of Warrenton was arrested on
suspicion of theft by receiving
and third-degree theft.
• Shoplifting, 4:23 p.m. June 17,
Walmart. Heather Lyn Russell,
32, of Astoria was arrested on
suspicion of second-degree
theft, criminal mischief and pos-
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session of methamphetamine
after she left the store without
paying for $89 in clothes and
other merchandise.
• Shoplifting, 6 p.m. June 17,
Walmart. Krysta N. Schluter,
20, of Hammond was given a
criminal citation for second-de-
gree theft after she left the store
with $173 in clothes and other
merchandise without paying.
• Shoplifting, 7:37 p.m. June 17,
Walmart. Cameron H. Fedorko,
25, of Astoria was given crimi-
nal citations for second-degree
theft and third-degree criminal
mischief after she allegedly
walked out of the store without
paying for a shop vacuum and
other items.
• Shoplifting, 2:36 p.m. June
18, Walmart. Richard Elwin
Bailey, 38, no known address
in Seaside, was given a crimi-
nal citation for second-degree
theft after he left the store with
a cooler, flashlight and other
supplies without paying.
s uspiCious CirCumstanCes /
disturBanCes
• Bicycle accident, 5:51 a.m.
June 12, 200 block South Main
Avenue. The bicycle rider and a
child sitting on the handlebars
were injured and taken to Co-
lumbia Memorial Hospital.
• Elk hazing, 3:27 p.m. June 15,
Robinson Community Park.
• Trespassing, no time given,
June 16, county-owned land at
Southeast 19th Street and Alter-
• Hit and run, 9 p.m. June 10,
Fred Meyer parking lot.
• Two-vehicle noninjury collision,
1:40 p.m. June 12, Highway 101
at Camp Rilea.
• Two-vehicle noninjury collision,
7:31 a.m. June 13, Highway 101
and Highway 104.
• Hit and run, 11:25 a.m. June
13, Walmart. A suspect vehicle
belonging to a Seaside couple
was identified through surveil-
lance footage. The female driver,
contacted later at her home,
agreed to cooperate and the
victim decided against pursuing
charges.
• Vehicle into ditch, 12:28 p.m.
June 13, Northwest Warrenton
Drive near Northwest Ninth
Street. The driver told officers
she was swatting at a spider
and when she looked up she
was headed into the ditch. The
20-year-old Hammond woman
was taken to Columbia Memorial
Hospital for treatment of cuts.
• Three-vehicle noninjury colli-
sion, 2 p.m. June 13, Youngs Bay
Bridge. A 64-year-old Astoria
woman told officers she was
watching boats in the harbor and
failed to see southbound traf-
fic stopped in front of her. The
traffic had stopped due to a truck
that had lost its load at the other
end of the bridge.
• Traffic stop, 9:30 p.m. June 13,
Ensign Lane at Southeast 19th
Street. Driver cited for failing to
carry proof of insurance.
• Vehicle into parked tow truck,
6:54 a.m. June 14, 600 block
Harbor Drive. No injuries, but
2002 Toyota Camry was towed
from scene.
• No seat belt, 11:17 a.m. June 14,
Ensign Lane at Highway 101.
Driver cited.
• No seat belt, 11:43 a.m. June
14, Highway 101 and Alternate
Highway 101. Driver cited.
• Failure to yield, 11:50 a.m. June
14, Highway 101 at Ensign Lane.
Driver cited for failure to obey a
traffic control device.
• No seat belt, 12:07 p.m. June
14, Ensign Lane at Southeast
19th Street. Driver cited.
• No seat belt, 12:43 p.m. June
14, Southeast 19th Street at En-
sign Lane. Driver cited.
• No seat belt, 12:50 p.m. June
14, Discovery Lane near Costco.
Driver cited.
• Two-vehicle noninjury colli-
sion, 2:49 p.m. June 14, High-
way 101 at Harbor Drive. One
driver cited for unsafe passing
on the right.
• Traffic stop, 11:11 p.m. June 14,
Ridge Road at the soccer fields.
Desirai S. Schehl, 27, of Astoria
was cited for criminal failure to
carry and present a license and
for driving while suspended and
driving without insurance.
• Speeding, 9:24 a.m. June 15,
Ridge Road at the soccer fields.
Driver cited for going 70 in a 45
mph zone.
• Speeding, 1:35 p.m. June 16,
Ridge Road at Parkview Apart-
ments. Driver cited for going 65
in a 45 mph zone.
• Speeding, 1:45 p.m. June 16,
Ridge Road at Ninth Street.
Driver cited for going 63 in a 45
mph zone.
• Unsafe passing on right, 3:50
p.m. June 16, Ensign Lane at
Southeast 19th Street. Driver
cited.
• Running a stoplight, 1:25 p.m.
June 17, Highway 101 at Dol-
phin. Driver cited for failing to
obey a traffic control device.
• Running a stoplight, 5:42
p.m. June 17, Ensign Lane at
Walmart. Driver cited for failing
to obey a traffic control device.
• Speeding, 4:30 a.m. June 18,
Highway 101 at Dolphin Road.
Driver cited for going 73 in a 55
mph zone.
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