T he C olumbia P ress
July 6, 2018
Identity thieves sought after spending spree
The Columbia Press
“It is believed these two con-
siana driver’s license for age
Someone broke into an verification at Walmart.
tinued down the coast into
Ohio woman’s car while it
California,” Chief Mathew
was parked at Fort Colum-
Workman wrote in a press
bia near Chinook and stole
release. “As you can see, the
credit cards, debit cards and
newer surveillance system at
a camera then used the cards
Walmart is very good and the
to purchase items at several
images are much clearer than
locations in Warrenton.
previous images.”
The break-in occurred about
The couple is wanted for ve-
3 p.m. June 25 and later that
hicle burglary in the state of
day purchases were made at
Washington and for identity
Fred Meyer, Walmart and
theft, forgery and fraudulent
Dairy Queen in Warrenton
use of a credit card in Oregon.
and at Rise and Grind in As-
Anyone who may have in-
toria.
formation about the case is
A man and woman in their
urged to contact Officer Al-
20s were caught using the
fonzo Fontana at 503-325-
card on video surveillance at
8661 or afontana@ci.warren-
Walmart. They were driving a
ton.or.us.
maroon 2011-14 model Hyun-
dai Sonata with black-tinted
windows, no front plate and
an obscured back plate.
She is white, 5-feet 2-inches
tall, 150 pounds, with straw-
Surveillance at
berry blond hair, brown eyes
Walmart shows
and large breasts. She has a
the couple leav-
large tattoo on her left arm
ing with purchas-
that includes two roses.
es made using
He is 5-feet 4-inches tall,
an auto burglary
thin, with blond hair, blue
victim’s credit
eyes, crooked teeth and a tat-
card.
too with writing on his right
inner bicep. He used a Loui-
Unemployment benefits increased July 1
The amount paid to peo-
ple filing for unemployment
insurance benefits has in-
creased.
The maximum weekly ben-
efit amount someone can re-
ceive increased from $604
to $624, while the minimum
amount increased from $141
to $146.
The change affects new
unemployment
insurance
claims filed after July 1. Those
with existing unemployment
claims will continue to receive
the same weekly amount
they’ve been receiving.
Oregon’s Unemployment
Insurance program provides
temporary, partial-wage re-
placement for workers who
are unemployed through no
fault of their own.
The income provided to
unemployed workers par-
tially stabilizes the economy
in local communities experi-
encing high unemployment
during economic downturns.
Each year, the Oregon Em-
ployment Department recal-
culates the maximum and
minimum amounts of un-
employment insurance ben-
efits people can receive. The
amounts are set as percent-
ages of the average weekly
wage earned by Oregonians.
The
minimum
benefit
amount is 15 percent of aver-
age weekly wage, and the max-
imum amount is 64 percent.
Higher wage growth in 2017
resulted in a 3.5 percent in-
crease to the minimum week-
ly benefit and a 3.3 percent
increase in the maximum
weekly benefit.
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Local residents earn college honors
Clatsop County residents
received honors from sever-
al colleges recently.
Rachel Fackler of Astoria
earned a master’s degree in
teaching from George Fox
University in Newberg.
Morgan Postlewait of As-
toria was named to Dean’s
List at George Fox Universi-
ty for spring semester. The
biology major earned at least
a 3.5 grade point average.
Morgan Brown and Sum-
mer Spell, both of Seaside,
were named to the Dean’s
List at Azusa Pacific Univer-
sity in Azusa, Calif.
Cody Carmichael of Sea-
side graduated with a bach-
elor’s degree in mechanical
engineering from Oregon
Institute of Technology in
Klamath Falls.
Harley Moren of Seaside
graduated with a bachelor’s
degree in renewable energy
engineering from OIT.
Micah Sivley of Hammond
received a bachelor’s degree
in nuclear medicine molec-
ular imaging from OIT.
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