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January 25, 2019
Warrenton’s Lektro to be sold to JBT Corp.
Lektro, one of Warrenton’s
largest employers, will be ac-
quired by Chicago-based JBT
Corporation, the local com-
pany announced Tuesday.
“We are excited to be part
of JBT,” said Eric Paulson,
Lektro’s owner. “Together
our companies will provide
customers a global sales and
support presence, a much
broader portfolio of products
and services, and deeper en-
gineering capabilities for fu-
ture product development.”
The sale of Lektro comes
after the aircraft tug manu-
facturer has seen a string of
record sales years.
Lektro’s family of all-elec-
tric towbarless vehicles is
a great complement to JBT
AeroTech’s line-up of diesel
tow tractors and other ground
support equipment products
that include de-icers, cargo
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loaders, belt loaders, mo-
bile stairs, preconditioned
air carts, and ground-power
units.
Lektro will become part of
JBT AeroTech’s ground sup-
port equipment unit.
“Lektro’s reputation and
corporate culture will mesh
well with JBT’s,” Paulson
The leadership at Lektro will
said. “We both put the cus-
remain unchanged, the com-
tomer first and we both build
pany said.
great equipment.”
After the acquisition is final-
W arrants
• Warrant service, 8:09 p.m. Jan.
14, 1000 block King Salmon
Street. Dennis James Wentz,
48, with no known address, was
arrested on a detainer warrant
from Clatsop County Parole and
Probation.
t uesday
t hefts and Burglaries
s uspiCious CirCumstanCes /
• Astoria-Warrenton
Chamber Networking
Breakfast, 7:45 a.m., Asto-
ria Brewing Company, 144
11th St., $8.50 for breakfast.
Speaker is Jim Knight, Port
of Astoria.
• Shoplifting, 10:15 p.m. Jan.
14, Walmart. Ethan Kenneth
Adams, 30, of Astoria was cited
for criminal second-degree theft
and criminal mischief after he
allegedly attempted to leave the
store without paying for $98 in
toiletries.
disturBanCes
t hursday
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ized, Paulson will remain at
the company’s headquarters
in Warrenton and serve as
general manager.
Public safety calls
• Shoplifting, 12:11 a.m. Jan. 15,
Walmart. Katheryn Jean Stre-
icher, 35, of Warrenton was cited
for criminal third-degree theft
after she allegedly attempted to
leave the store without paying
for $46 in merchandise. She also
was trespassed from the store.
• Clatsop County Recre-
ation Lands Planning Ad-
visory Board, 1 p.m., 800
Exchange St., Fourth Floor,
Astoria.
A Lektro tug sits in
front of a plane at
Astoria-Warrenton
Regional Airport
in this photo from
Lektro’s Facebook
page.
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• Nuisance caused by feeding
hundreds of gulls, crows and
other birds, 12:13 p.m. Jan. 14,
600 block Northwest Ninth
Street. The resident was cited
for violating the city’s ordinance
prohibiting feeding of wildlife.
• Criminal mischief, 2:58 p.m.
Jan. 14, Camp Kiwanilong.
• Found property, 8:06 a.m. Jan.
15, 600 block Southeast Marlin
Avenue. A gray lock box was
found.
ries, 10:29 a.m. Jan. 15, Highway
101 north of Fort Stevens (High-
way 104) turnoff.
• Two-vehicle collision, one
injury, 3:51 p.m. Jan. 16, Harbor
Drive at Skipanon River Bridge.
• Hit-and-run, 4:35 p.m. Jan. 16,
Walmart parking lot.
• Vehicle off the road, one injury,
8:18 p.m. Jan. 17, Highway 101 at
Ocean Crest.
• Single-vehicle into parked car,
no injuries, 11:31 a.m. Jan. 18,
100 block Southwest Second
Street.
f ire and serViCe Calls
• Provide mutual aid for a patio
on fire, 12:08 p.m. Jan. 14, 721
14th St., Astoria.
• Provide mutual aid for smoke
billowing from structure, 4:11
p.m. Jan. 14, 304 37th St., Asto-
ria.
• Assault, 5:15 p.m. Jan. 16, 100
block Northwest Fourth Street.
Brandon Robert Gillette, 29,
with no known address, was ar-
rested on suspicion of fourth-de-
gree assault. No further details
were available.
• Fire in storage trailer, 12:11
p.m. Jan. 15, 33200 block Sunset
Beach Lane.
• Sparking transformer, 10:43
p.m. Jan. 18, 2300 block South-
east Dolphin Avenue.
V ehiCles
• Female with chest pain, 5:19
p.m. Jan. 14, 32500 block Turlay
Lane.
• Male with chest pain, 5:47 a.m.
Jan. 16, Clatsop Behavioral Re-
spite Center.
• Male with injured elbow, 12:52
p.m. Jan. 16, 400 block North
Main Avenue.
• Welfare check on male sleeping
on bench, 4:25 p.m. Jan. 16, 600
block South Highway 101.
• Traffic stop, 3:59 p.m. Jan. 15,
Harbor Drive at Pacific Street.
Driver cited for driving while
suspended.
• Traffic stop, 10:02 p.m. Jan. 15,
Highway 101 at Harbor Drive.
Driver cited for driving while
suspended, having no valid
insurance and failing to register
a vehicle.
• Two-vehicle collision, no inju-
m ediCal Calls
• Male with difficulty breathing,
12:54 a.m. Jan. 17, 700 block
Southwest Cedar Avenue.
• Female with nosebleed, 5:08
a.m. Jan. 17, 1100 block North-
west Warrenton Drive.
• Female with high blood pres-
sure, 8:09 a.m. Jan. 17, 1400
block Southwest Alder Avenue.
• Female fall patient, 12:46 p.m.
Jan. 17, 2000 block Southeast
Azalea Avenue.
• Female who’s not breathing,
3:45 p.m. Jan. 17, 900 block
King Salmon Place.
• Incoherent female, 3:01 p.m.
Jan. 18, 600 block South Main
Avenue.
• Male with heroin overdose, 4:16
p.m. Jan. 18, 500 block South-
west First Place.
• Female with unknown medical
problem, 4:31 p.m. Jan. 18, 1400
block Southwest Alder Avenue.
• Suicidal female, 5:14 p.m. Jan.
18, Clatsop Behavioral Respite
Center.
• Female with difficulty breath-
ing, 6:59 p.m. Jan. 18, 92200
block Whiskey Road.
• Female requesting transport,
10:43 a.m. Jan. 19, 200 block
Southwest Second Street.
• Female with difficulty breath-
ing, 3:50 p.m. Jan. 19, 300 block
Lake Drive.
• Female with uncontrolled vom-
iting, 11:09 a.m. Jan. 20, Clatsop
Behavioral Respite Center.
• Female with possible stroke,
10:54 p.m. Jan. 20, 90900 block
Highway 101.