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.
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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.