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T he C olumbia P ress June 29, 2018 3 Man sentenced in teen alcohol case City goes after more blighted properties after the hearing. “Just be- The Columbia Press A man accused of giving cause they couldn’t charge alcohol to a Warrenton High him with manslaughter doesn’t mean they School teenager on couldn’t prosecute the night he ran into him to the fullest ex- traffic and was killed tent of the law. It just was sentenced this goes to show that week to 10 days in jail. there really are no sig- Christina Secord, nificant consequences mother of Trevor Se- for these sorts of ac- cord, 15, called the sentence a slap on the Reinsch tions.” The case was prob- wrist in her statement lematic because it that was read in court. couldn’t be proven Her son had an that Reinsch’s actions extremely high were the cause of blood-alcohol content Trevor’s death or that when he jumped out someone else didn’t of a vehicle late on give him alcohol that the night of Jan. 26, Trevor night as well, the Dis- 2017, and began run- trict Attorney’s Office ning down Highway 101 north of Gearhart. He has said. Reinsch, who was released was struck by a pickup and from custody after the hear- died at the scene. Richard Edward Reinsch, ing, also must pay Trevor’s 48, of Warrenton pleaded family $1,000. “What a joke. I’ll never see not guilty in August to two counts of furnishing liquor it,” his mother said. “The to a minor. Last week, he judge asked him two sepa- entered a no contest plea to rate times if he had anything providing alcohol to Trevor to say and he couldn’t even say ‘I’m sorry.’ There is no and a second teenager. “I’m extremely disappoint- remorse, no empathy, no ed,” Christina Secord said feeling of guilt at all.” The Columbia Press The City Commission named two more proper- ties as nuisances this week, which sets the clock ticking on stricter enforcement ac- tivities. A home at 719 S. Main Ave. was declared a public nuisance and the owner will be given 10 days to remove inoperable vehicles, trash, scrap metal and construction materials. The owner, who lives in Alaska, has a tenant on the property and told city offi- cials they plan to give the tenant an eviction notice. The debris is in an un- fenced front yard, next to the Methodist Church and an apartment complex and on the town’s main street, which city leaders have been trying to beautify. The second targeted prop- erty is at 1062 N.W. Warren- ton Drive. The rental prop- erty has many large vehicles parked along the right of way, blocking the view of neigh- bors attempting to drive in and out of Alder Creek Vil- lage. Public Safety Calls Continued from Page 2 • Speeding, 2:05 p.m. June 23, Ridge Road near soccer fields. Driver cited for going 61 in a 45 mph zone. • Two-vehicle collision, 2:25 p.m. June 23, East Harbor Drive at Northeast Pacific. One driver cit- ed for driving without a license and failure to obey a traffic-con- trol device. • Vehicle vs. animal, 5:21 p.m. June 23, Harbor at Marlin. f ire and serViCe Calls • Provide mutual aid for struc- ture fire, 3:36 p.m. June 19, 1030 Franklin Ave., Astoria. • Chip truck on fire, 7:19 a.m. June 22, 500 block Northeast Skipanon Drive. • Back-yard bonfire, 8:02 p.m. June 22, 1200 block South Main Avenue. • Smoke, 8:02 p.m. June 24, 0-100 block Southwest Alder. M ediCal Calls • Female having anxiety attack, 1:39 a.m. June 19, 1700 block Ensign Lane. • Male with chest pain, 12:48 p.m. June 19, VA Clinic Camp Rilea. • Female with back pain, 3:14 p.m. June 19, Clatsop Behavioral Respite Center. • Female who fainted, 5:51 p.m. June 19, 33100 block Patriot Way, Camp Rilea. • Female in alcohol detox, 5:55 p.m. June 19, 90900 block High- way 101. • Male lying beside road, 8:55 p.m. June 19, Highway 101 at Camp Rilea. • Male with difficulty breathing, 7:49 p.m. June 20, 0-100 block Southwest Ninth Street. • Female with chest pain, 5:58 p.m. June 21, Fort Stevens State Park campground restrooms. • Intoxicated male juvenile, 3:59 p.m. June 22, Warrenton City Park. • Passed-out male, 11:22 p.m. June 23, Sunset Beach approach. 45 tons of trash in a day Warrenton residents got rid of 45 tons of garbage during the city’s annual spring clean-up day. Each year, the city pays for the event in the hope resi- dents will clear out trash, trim their trees and shrubs, and get rid of outdoor things that mar the city’s aesthetic. There were 179 residents who took part, dumping six refrigerators, 10 appliances, 16 tires and 29 tires with rims at the Astoria Transfer Station on May 20. Residents paid $3 per trip and the city picked up the rest, which amounted to $5,779. All five commissioners vot- ed in favor of determining them nuisances. With scrap collectors pay- ing good money for metal and willing to tow away vehicles, “there’s really no excuse for anyone to have abandoned vehicles,” Commissioner Mark Baldwin said. There is plenty of buzz in town now that the city is tak- ing action, Commissioner Tom Dyer said. “The people that are on the list, they talk.” Added Mayor Henry Balen- sifer: “We’re doing a historic load of code enforcement here. … It’s full throttle.” Progress has come to a stand-still on two other properties recently declared nuisances – a former gas station across from City Hall and a dilapidated two-story blue house on Harbor Drive, Community Development Director Kevin Cronin said. While the house on Har- bor was demolished, “the re- mains of the facility are still smattered around the prop- erty,” Balensifer said. And the gas station has five inoperable and unlicensed vehicles on the property, Cronin said. “The expecta- tion is that they clean up the mess.” The city now can finish the clean-up and place a lien on the properties.
