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December 28, 2018
Public safety calls
W arrants
• Warrant service, 6:36 p.m. Dec.
17, Youngs Bay Bridge. Chanse
Laynce Reece, 55, of Warrenton
was arrested on a Tillamook
County Circuit Court warrant.
D rug charges
• Traffic stop, 12:22 a.m. Dec.
16, South Main Avenue at First
Street. Nathanial E. Richcreek,
40, of Warrenton was cited for
criminal driving while suspend-
ed. A passenger, a 27-year-old
woman from Rosburg, Wash.,
was cited for permitting an
unlawful driver to operate her
vehicle. Officers called for a
canine unit, which made a sweep
of the car. Canine Gabe located
just over 11 grams of suspected
methamphetamine and cash in
the pocket of a coat. Paula Ann
Floyd, 53, of Seaside, another
passenger, was arrested on sus-
picion of possessing a controlled
substance.
t heFts anD burglaries
• Shoplifting, 1:56 p.m. Dec. 6,
Fred Meyer. Frank K. Nimz, 37,
with no known address, was
arrested on suspicion of sec-
ond-degree theft and criminal
mischief after he attempted to
leave the store without paying
for $230 in electronics and
speakers.
• Stolen motorcycle found, 11:35
a.m. Dec. 12, 1000 block South-
east Marlin Avenue. A 2013
Hysong 250-cc motorcycle that
had been recovered from a crash
scene was taken in an earlier
theft.
one minor injury, 1:32 p.m.
Dec 14, Highway 101 at Marlin
Avenue.
• Traffic stop, 12:06 p.m. Dec.
15, Highway 101 at Ensign Lane.
Driver cited for driving without
insurance.
• Traffic stop, 9:54 p.m. Dec. 15,
Alternate Highway 101 at South
Main Avenue. Driver cited for
driving without insurance.
• Burglary, Dec. 14, Shilo Inn. A
man staying in the hotel while
his apartment was being re-
paired reported several items
missing from the hotel room
over several months.
• Speeding, 11:15 p.m. Dec. 15,
Highway 101 at Alternate High-
way 101. Driver cited for going
62 in a 45 mph zone.
• Shoplifting, 8:30 p.m. Dec 14,
Walmart. Surina R. Thomp-
son, 37, and Austin E. Taylor,
34, both of Astoria, were each
cited for third-degree theft and
criminal mischief after allegedly
attempting to leave the store
without paying for $64 in light-
ers, DVDs and food.
• Shoplifting, 8:10 p.m. Dec. 15,
Walmart. Richard John Sher-
bon, 53, of Puyallup, Wash.,
was cited for third-degree theft
and criminal mischief when he
allegedly attempted to leave the
store without paying for a $40
keyboard.
• Theft by fraud, 2 p.m. Dec.
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• Traffic stop, 11:29 p.m. Dec. 15,
Highway 101 at Harbor Drive.
Driver cited for driving without
insurance.
• Traffic stop, 11:40 p.m. Dec 15,
South Main Avenue at Third
Street. Driver cited for driving
while suspended and failing to
carry and present a license.
Warrenton Police Department
Warrenton Police Department posted this photo on its Facebook
page as a cautionary tale about the damage local wildlife can do
and why we need to give them plenty of space. See the blotter
item under “Vehicles” on Dec. 16.
19, 600 block Marlin Ave. A
67-year-old Warrenton wom-
an was informed by her bank
that she was the victim of a
secret-shopper scam involv-
ing bogus paychecks and the
requirement that she purchase
$1,100 in gift cards.
• Burglary, 12:29 p.m. Dec.
20, 1000 block Pacific Drive,
Hammond. Someone entered a
business through an unlocked
back door and stole a $1,200
Stihl chainsaw and a $150 Maki-
ta cordless drill from an inside
room.
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• Shoplifting, 3:40 p.m. Dec.
20, Walgreens. Clarissa Lynn
Moore, 30, of Seaside and Con-
rad Allyn Weirup, 39, of Astoria
both were found to have proba-
tion warrants and were booked
at Clatsop County Jail.
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Disturbances
• Disorderly conduct, 6:42 p.m.
and 9:30 p.m. Dec. 13, North
Coast Crisis Respite Center.
Robert Brett Smalley, 54, with
no known address, was arrest-
ed on suspicion of disorderly
conduct, criminal mischief and,
later, for criminal trespassing.
• Suspicious vehicle with some-
one sleeping inside, 10:51 a.m.
Dec. 15, Northwest Cedar Ave-
nue at First Street. Keisha Marie
Jones, 27, of Long Beach, Wash.,
was arrested on a felony warrant
from Clatsop County Sheriff’s
Office.
V ehicles
• Hit-and-run with property
damage, 2:26 p.m. Dec. 7, Home
Depot parking lot.
• Vehicle vs. deer, 1:10 p.m. Dec.
14, Highway 101 at Alternate
Highway 101. The driver was
taken by ambulance to Columbia
Memorial Hospital after com-
plaining of pain.
• Two-vehicle rear-end collision,
• Hit-and-run with proper-
ty damage, 8:08 a.m. Dec. 6,
Walmart parking lot. Robert
William Perry, 34, of Seaside
struck a pole and allegedly failed
to report it. He was cited for
criminal failure to perform the
duties of a driver, driving while
suspended and driving without
insurance.
• Vehicle vs. elk, 11:42 p.m.
Dec. 16, North Main Avenue
at Northwest Fourth Street. A
22-year-old passenger in a car
was injured when an elk charged
the vehicle and jumped onto the
hood, causing major damage to
the Toyota Prius. The car had
stopped to allow a herd of elk to
cross the road when a female elk
suddenly turned and decided to
walk up the vehicle, falling on
the windshield, then climbing
off and walking away, police said
(See photo).
• Traffic stop, 6:41 p.m. Dec.
17, Highway 101 at Youngs Bay
Bridge. Driver cited for having
no insurance.
• Running a stop sign, 5:47 a.m.
Dec. 21, Harbor Drive at South
Main Avenue. Driver cited
for having no valid operator’s
license and for failing to obey a
traffic-control device.