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Public safety calls
The week ahead
Public Meetings
t uesday
• Warrenton City Com-
mission, 6 p.m., City Hall,
225 S. Main Ave.
W ednesday
• Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 6:30 p.m.,
857 Commercial St., Astoria.
t hursday
• Sunset Empire Trans-
portation District Board
of Commissioners, 9 a.m.,
Transit Center, 900 Marine
Dr., Astoria.
Groups & Events
W ednesday
• Kiwanis Club of War-
renton, 1 p.m., Fultano’s, 78
Harbor Dr.
• Warrenton Rotary Club,
6 p.m., Dooger’s, 103 S.
Highway 101.
s aturday
• Astoria-Warrenton
Chamber of Commerce
annual meeting, 5 p.m.,
Clatsop County Fairgrounds,
92937 Walluski Loop, As-
toria. Info: 503-325-6311.
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January 18, 2019
W arrants
• Contempt of court, 7:49 a.m.
Jan. 12, Highway 101 near
Marlin Avenue. Paige A. Hart,
30, and Patrick R. Carlson, 30,
both of Warrenton, were cited
for criminal contempt after they
failed to show up in court.
• Arrest warrant, 8:54 a.m. Jan.
11, Hotel Elliott, Astoria. Kelsey
Penrod, 31, with no known
address was booked at Clatsop
County Jail on a warrant from
Las Vegas for drunken driving.
t hefts and Burglaries
• Forgery and attempted theft,
1:23 p.m. Jan. 10, Columbia
Bank. A teller called police when
the signature on a check being
cashed didn’t match the account
holder. Mark Daniel Crouch,
37, of Warrenton was arrested
on suspicion of forgery, attempt
theft and third-degree theft and
booked at Clatsop County Jail.
He also was cited for criminal
possession of an invalid driver’s
license and driving while sus-
New district attorney sworn into post
Ron Brown was sworn in
on Jan. 7 as Clatsop County’s
new district attorney.
Brown ran unopposed for
the seat in the May 15 prima-
ry election.
He replaces Josh Marquis,
who retired as district attor-
ney after more than 24 years
in the post.
Brown has served as chief
deputy in the Clatsop County
District Attorney’s Office for
14 years.
A native of Klamath Falls,
he graduated from Oregon
State University in 1976 and
earned a law degree from the
University of Oregon School
of Law in 1979.
He served in district attor-
ney’s offices in Lane, Lincoln
and Deschutes counties from
1979 to 1989, and practiced
in a private law firm in Bend
until 1997, when he joined
the Crook County District
Attorney’s Office as chief
deputy.
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• Stolen wallet, 6:48 p.m. Jan. 10,
Walgreens. A woman reported
she’d set her wallet down on a
trash can and forgot about it. By
the time she’d returned home
and realized it was missing, store
employees reported the wallet
was gone.
• Shoplifting, 10:20 p.m. Jan. 10,
Walmart. Two women allegedly
were observed changing scan
codes on merchandise, conceal-
ing other items in a purse and
failing to ring up some items at
self-checkout. Danielle M. Ayl-
ward, 42, of Long Beach, Wash.,
was cited for criminal theft and
criminal mischief for damaging
$10 in merchandise, shoplifting
$5 and under-ringing $60 in
merchandise. She and a second
woman were trespassed from the
store.
• Theft, 5 p.m. Jan. 11, Walmart.
A cashier was observed over a
two-month period failing to pay
for items she’d selected or failing
to scan items others selected at
the store. Cynthia Jean Newell,
58, of Hammond was cited for
criminal second-degree theft.
• Shoplifting, 9:15 p.m. Jan. 11,
Walmart. Nels E. Pedersen, 44,
of Naselle was cited for criminal
third-degree theft.
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Ron Brown is sworn in by Clatsop County Circuit Court
Judge Cindee Matyas.
• Bicycle theft, 11:29 a.m. Jan.
12, 200 block Southwest Second
St. A chain lock was cut and a
bicycle valued at $160 was taken
from in front of an apartment. A
man was seen riding the bike lat-
er in the day. Christopher James
Beeman, 36, of Warrenton was
booked at Clatsop County Jail on
suspicion of theft and for pro-
bation violation; when officers
found him, he allegedly had 80
hypodermic syringes in his back-
pack and on his person as well as
other drug paraphernalia.
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• Dog at large, 1:45 p.m. Jan.
4, 0-100 block Southwest Elm
Street. A woman reported her
neighbor’s dog killed four of
her chickens and chased others.
Other neighbors also reported
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