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December 14, 2018
Public safety calls
W arrants
• Transient sleeping in laundry
room, 4:06 a.m. Dec. 2, 0-100
block Harbor Drive. Dennis
Lazarus Nelson, 31, of Seaside
was arrested on a warrant from
the Oregon State Parole Board.
• Warrant service, 7:03 p.m. Dec.
5, South Main Avenue at Fifth
Street. Ricky Dean Sutton, 54, of
Warrenton was taken into custo-
dy on a detainer warrant.
t hefts and Burglaries
• Counterfeit money, 11:10 p.m.
Dec. 1, Walmart. A counterfeit
$10 bill was passed at the cus-
tomer service counter.
• Internet scam, 2:15 p.m. Dec.
4, 1300 block South Main Av-
enue. A woman reported she’d
attempted to get a loan to fix her
vehicle and was instructed to
The week ahead
Public Meetings
t uesday
• Port of Astoria Board of
Directors, 4 p.m., 10 Pier 1,
Suite 209, Astoria.
W ednesday
• Warrenton-Hammond
School District work session,
7 p.m., Warrenton High School
Library, 1700 S. Main Ave.
t hursday
• Warrenton Planning
Commission, 6 p.m., City
Hall, 225 S. Main Ave.
Groups & Events
t uesday
Group, 1:30-3 p.m., NW
Senior and Disability Services,
2002 S.E. Chokeberry Ave.
Info: 503-738-6412.
W ednesday
• Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, 10:30 a.m.,
Astoria Country Club, 33445
Sunset Beach Road, Warren-
ton.
• Warrenton Rotary Club,
6 p.m., Dooger’s, 103 S. High-
way 101.
t hursday
• VFW Fort Stevens Post
& Auxiliary, 7 p.m., 66 S.W.
Fourth St.
• Caregiver’s Support
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buy $400 in Google Play cards
and send the card numbers to an
individual purporting to repre-
sent a loan company.
• Vehicle theft, 9:44 a.m. Dec.
5, 1000 block Southeast Marlin
Avenue. A Kymco Super 8 scoot-
er valued at $1,800 was stolen
from a business.
• Shoplifting, 1:30 p.m. Dec. 6,
Fred Meyer. Frank Kenneth
Nimz, 37, no known address,
was arrested for second-degree
theft and criminal mischief after
he allegedly left the store with-
out paying for $234 in electron-
ics and other items.
• Shoplifting, 5:15 p.m. Dec. 7,
Walmart. Marcus Lee Journot,
29, of Warrenton was arrested
for third-degree theft and crim-
inal mischief after he allegedly
attempted to leave the store
without paying for a $58 air
pistol.
• Shoplifting, 10:51 p.m. Dec. 8,
Walmart. Corina Dee Swaffard,
39, of Astoria was arrested for
second-degree theft after she
allegedly attempted to leave the
store without paying for $144 in
candy, lighters and other items.
She also was found to be in
possession of methamphetamine
and heroin and booked on those
charges as well.
• Shoplifting, 11:48 p.m. Dec. 9,
Walmart. Matthew Allen Sev-
erson, 40, of Pe Ell, Wash., was
arrested for third-degree theft
and criminal mischief after he
allegedly attempted to leave the
store without paying for$66 in
clothes and other items.
s uspiCious CirCumstanCes /
disturBanCes
• Malicious mischief, 8:46 a.m.
Dec. 1, Fred Meyer. A 61-year-
old Warrenton man reported
a tire on his Ford pickup was
slashed.
• Trespassing, 11:18 p.m. Dec. 2,
Walmart. Store officials reported
a man was verbally assaulting
employees and ramming a shop-
ping cart into the glass exit door.
The man, who’d been staying in
a motorhome in the parking lot,
was trespassed from the business.
• Trespassing, 4:03 p.m. Dec. 4,
Walmart. Ricky Dean Sutton,
54, of Warrenton was cited for
criminal trespassing when he
returned to the store after previ-
ously having been trespassed.
• Fight, 5:45 pm. Dec. 6, 600
block of Northwest Ninth Street.
Scott Milton Andros, 57, of War-
renton was arrested on suspicion
of harassment. Wayne Tagg, 61,
of Irrigon was arrested on suspi-
cion of fourth-degree assault.
• Suspicious vehicle, 11:57 p.m.
Dec. 6, 700 block Southeast
Marlin Avenue. Darren Robert
Myers, 26, of Astoria was ar-
rested on suspicion of providing
false information to police. He
also had two arrest warrants.
V ehiCles
• Vehicle into power pole, 12:05
p.m. Nov. 30, Walgreens parking
lot. A 76-year-old Hammond
man was driving his
• Mitsubishi Outback when he
suffered a medical condition and
lost consciousness. He was taken
to Columbia Memorial Hospital.
• Hit-and-run collision, 5:47 p.m.
Nov. 30, Walgreens parking lot.
• Traffic stop, 5:30 a.m. Dec. 1,
Highway 101 at Ensign Lane.
Driver cited for having no insur-
ance or valid operator’s license.
• Two-vehicle noninjury colli-
sion, 2:44 p.m. Dec 1, Walmart
parking lot.
• Two-vehicle noninjury collision,
11:52 a.m. Dec. 4, Fred Meyer
parking lot.
• Two-vehicle noninjury collision,
12:27 pm. Dec. 4, Fred Meyer
parking lot.
• Two-vehicle noninjury collision,
12:33 p.m. Dec. 4, Dollar Tree
parking lot.
• Hit-and-run collision, 10:05
a.m. Dec. 5, Youngs Bay Plaza.
Steve James Smith, 64, of War-
renton was arrested on suspicion
of attempting to elude police and
for leaving the scene of a crash.
• Running a stoplight, 4:15 p.m.
Dec. 5, Ensign Lane at Highway
101. Driver cited.
• Running a stoplight, 4:30 p.m.
Dec. 5, Highway 101 at Harbor
Drive. Driver cited.
• Drunken driving, 11:32 p.m.
Dec. 5, Highway 101 at Harbor
Drive. Sean Thomas Rogers,
41, of Astoria was arrested on
suspicion of driving under the
influence of intoxicants. He was
booked at Clatsop County Jail,
where his blood-alcohol level
was recorded at 0.15 percent.
• Running a stop sign, 1:15 p.m.
Dec. 6, Neptune Drive at Harbor
Drive. Driver cited.
• Two-vehicles noninjury colli-
sion, 3:48 p.m. Dec. 6, Neptune
Drive and Highway 101.
• Reckless driving, 5:45 p.m. Dec.
7, Warrenton Mini Mart. Greg-
ory Scott Adams, 36, of Ham-
mond was arrested on suspicion
of driving under the influence of
intoxicants.
• Traffic stop, 9:30 p.m. Dec. 7,
Highway 101 at Ensign Lane.
Driver cited for driving while
suspended.
• Traffic stop, 11:22 a.m. Dec.
8, Walmart parking lot. Driver
cited for driving uninsured.
• Speeding, 3:32 p.m. Dec. 8,
Ridge Road near soccer fields.
Driver cited for going 63 in a
45 mph zone and for having no
insurance.
• Two-vehicle collision with in-
jury, 5:45 p.m. Dec. 8, Highway
101 at Glenwood Village.
• Traffic stop, 7:29 p.m. Dec. 9,
19th Street at Ensign Lane. Driv-
er cited for having no registra-
tion and no valid driver’s license.
• Traffic stop, 10:05 p.m. Dec. 9,
Southeast First Street at South
Main Avenue. Driver cited for
failing to register and having no
current insurance.
• Traffic stop, 1:07 p.m. Dec. 10,
Highway 101 at Marlin Avenue.
Driver cited for driving unin-
sured.
f ire and serViCe Calls
• Carbon monoxide alarm going
off, 3:30 p.m. Dec. 5, 200 block
Southwest Alder Avenue.
• Boat ran aground, 12:57 p.m.
Dec. 8, Social Security Beach,
Fort Stevens State Park.