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T he C olumbia P ress July 27, 2018 Couple arrested after cross-country crime spree An Oklahoma cou- to the Northwest, ple was arrested July breaking into the 19 on suspicion of car in Washington using credit cards state and using the they stole from a victim’s credit cards car parked at Fort to purchase items at Columbia near Chi- the Warrenton Dairy nook and going on Queen, Fred Meyer a spending spree in and Walmart, plus a Deshields Warrenton. gas station and cof- Dylan Cole Desh- fee shop in Astoria. ields, 24, and Shylo Similar thefts were Amanda Short, 22, reported along the both of Bartlesville, west coast as they Okla., were arrested moved south. in Colorado Springs, On July 1, the ma- Colo., after a nation- roon Hyundai Sonata wide crime spree. pictured in surveil- Short They are suspect- lance photos from ed of stealing a car in Las Walmart, was found burned Vegas on June 14, driving in Ramona, Calif., a small town in San Diego County. Another vehicle was stolen in that area. On July 11, the couple were arrested in Colorado Springs, still in possession of the car stolen from San Diego Coun- ty. They were booked in El Paso County Jail in Colorado on fugitive-from-justice war- rants out of Kansas, Oklaho- ma and Florida. Warrenton Police intend to ask the Clatsop County Dis- trict Attorney’s Office to file charges of identity theft, forg- ery fraudulent use of a credit card and third-degree theft. Washington state also is ex- pected to file charges. Columbia Press wins awards in state contest The Columbia Press won four awards in the annual Or- egon Newspaper Publishers Association’s Better Newspa- per Contest. Winners were announced July 21 at the association’s annual convention in Bend. In most categories, publica- tions and their journalists compete against newspapers of similar size for work done statewide throughout 2017. Columbia Press Editor Cin- dy Yingst won second place in Best Overall Writing for a selection of stories in 2017. Emma Edwards won sec- ond place for Best Local Col- umn for a selection of Senior Moments columns. Yingst won second place for Best Coverage of Business and Economic News for the story “Shrinking farmland: Why we should care that Clatsop County’s farmers are getting old.” Yingst also won a sec- ond-place award for Best Government Coverage for her story “Eighth Street Dam: A controversy that won’t quit.” The Daily Astorian, which competes in a different cir- culation category, won four first-place awards, three sec- ond-place awards and two third-place awards. Public Safety Calls Continued from Page 2 p.m. July 18, Fort Stevens State Park campground. • Aid female from capsized boat, 3:17 p.m. July 18, Coast Guard Air Station Astoria. • Female in and out of conscious- ness, 11:38 a.m. July 19, 1600 block Ensign Lane. • Female with chest pain, 11:47 a.m. July 19, 100 block South Highway 101. • Male vomiting, 12:18 p.m. July 19, 1600 block East Harbor Drive. • Impaired male, 3:09 p.m. July 19, 2000 block Southeast Choke- berry Avenue. • Female fall patient, 5:01 p.m. July 19, 700 block Northwest Warrenton Drive. fall, 11:11 a.m. July 22, 1100 block Nautical Drive. • Intoxicated male who fell in parking lot, 6:03 p.m. July 19, 600 block South Highway 101. • Male involved in bike accident, 1:25 p.m. July 20, Coffenberry Lake Fort Stevens State Park. • Female with broken leg, 2:34 p.m. July 20, on beach south of Peter Iredale shipwreck. • Female with chest pain, 3:34 p.m. July 20, 1600 block South- east Ensign Lane. • Female lift assist, 10:03 a.m. July 22, 90900 block Highway 101. • Female with head injury from • Male with abdominal pain, 1:07 p.m. July 22, 33200 block Bi Water Lane. • Male with medical problems rescued from boat off shore, 2:01 p.m. July 22, Coast Guard Air Station Astoria. • Female with dog bite, 2:15 p.m. July 22, 1100 block Northwest Warrenton Drive. • Male vomiting, 2:58 p.m. July 22, 300 block Southwest Jade Place. • Male with cut finger, 5:59 p.m. July 22, 100 block South High- way 101. 3 Look out for wanted motorcyclist Police have asked for the public’s help to locate a mo- torcyclist who fled from a police officer who pulled him over for speeding. The motorcycle is a sport- bike type with a black gas tank and red stripe running front to back. It bears Ore- gon license plate MC47260 or something similar, as of- ficers were unable to find it in the Department of Motor Vehicles database. An officer was near Fred Meyer about 9:30 p.m. July 17 when she heard a motor- cycle rev its engine and accel- erate at high speed. She followed it while it made a left turn onto Marlin Avenue and accelerated to 47 in the posted 35 mph zone. The officer activated her lights when the motorcyclist slowed for the stop sign at Highway 101 Business. The motorcycle’s driver was slow to yield, but eventu- ally pulled over near Airport Road. As the officer approached, she asked the driver to dis- mount. “He looked at me, rocked the bike back and forth twice and then took off at a high rate of speed,” the officer wrote in a report. Other officers joined in the search, but the motorcyclist could not be found. Anyone with information on the case is asked to con- tact Warrenton Police De- partment by calling 503-325- 8661 and asking to speak to an on-duty Warrenton officer or email policechief@ci.war- renton.or.us. River dredging begins Wednesday The U.S. Army Corps of En- gineers begins dredging at the Mouth of the Columbia River on Wednesday, Aug. 1. The corps dredges the area annually to maintain the fed- eral navigation channel for commercial shipping. An es- timated 4 million cubic yards of sediment will be removed. The project will be complete by Dec. 15. Commercial and recreation- al fishermen with equipment in the area should consult the Coast Guard’s local notice to mariners for information about the operation.
