T he C olumbia P ress
June 29, 2018
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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.