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March 22, 2019
Public safety calls
on a failure to appear warrant.
W arrants
• Warrant service, 5:06 p.m.
March 16, 1400 block Southeast
Willow Drive. Andrew J. Forney,
34, of Warrenton was arrested
t hefts and Burglaries
• Shoplifting, 7:10 p.m. March
3 and March 9, Walmart. Tyler
Michael Thury, 24, of War-
The week ahead
Public Meetings
t uesday
• Warrenton City Com-
mission, 6 p.m., City Hall,
225 S. Main Ave.
W ednesday
• Clatsop County Commis-
sion, 6:30 p.m., 857 Com-
mercial St., Astoria.
t hursday
• Sunset Empire Trans-
portation District, 9 a.m.,
Transit Center, 900 Marine
Drive, Astoria.
• Clatsop County Recre-
ation Lands Planning Ad-
visory Board, 1 p.m., 800
Exchange St., Astoria.
Groups & Events
t uesday
• Astoria-Warrenton
Chamber of Commerce
Networking Breakfast,
7:45 a.m., Astoria Brewing
Company, 144 11th St. Speak-
er: Astoria Mayor Bruce
Jones. Breakfast is $8.50.
• “Dogs, Dogs, Dogs” story
and art project, 10:30 a.m.,
Warrenton Community Li-
brary, 160 S. Main Ave.
W ednesday
• Kiwanis Club of Warren-
ton, 1 p.m., Arnie’s Cafe, 1609
S. Main Ave.
• Warrenton Rotary Club,
6 p.m., Dooger’s, 103 S. High-
way 101.
s aturday
• “Dogs, Dogs, Dogs” story
and art project, 10:30 a.m.,
Warrenton Community Li-
brary, 160 S. Main Ave.
renton was cited for criminal
second-degree theft and crim-
inal mischief after he allegedly
left the store without paying
for a $300 Sony stereo. He was
apprehended on March 9 for
shoplifting $124 in jeans and
electronics products and, at that
time, admitted to the earlier
theft of the stereo.
The items were valued at $900.
rant parking lot.
• Shoplifting, 10:15 p.m. March
17, Walmart. Lanny Charles
Locken, 53, of Westport was
cited for criminal third-degree
theft and criminal mischief after
he allegedly attempted to leave
the store without paying for $22
in men’s clothing.
• Traffic stop, 5:16 p.m. March
16, Ensign Lane at Highway 101.
Driver cited for driving while
suspended.
• Shoplifting, 11:22 p.m. March
12, Walmart. Amanda Marie
Marsh, 38, of Vancouver, Wash.,
was arrested on suspicion of
third-degree theft after she
allegedly attempted to leave the
store without paying for $61 in
makeup. She was also arrested
on suspicion of possessing 4.3
grams of methamphetamine.
• Shoplifting, 8:15 p.m. March
18, Walmart. Zane Belshe, 57,
with no known address, was
cited for third-degree theft after
he allegedly attempted to leave
the store without paying for two
cans of beer worth $4.
• Counterfeit check, 10:31 a.m.
March 13, Ocean Crest Chevro-
let. Someone attempted to forge
a check from the company and
cash it for $8,755.
• Shoplifting, 6:33 p.m. March
13, Rite Aid. Dana Marie Smith,
37, of Warrenton was cited for
criminal third-degree theft after
she left the store without paying
for $39 in hair care products and
scissors.
• Stolen kayak, 12:14 p.m. March
15, 700 block Southwest Cedar
Avenue. A woman reported her
$600 kayak was taken from the
back yard.
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• Shoplifting, 7:05 pm. March
15, Walmart. Amanda L. Simp-
son, 43, of Astoria was cited
or criminal third-degree theft
and criminal mischief after she
allegedly attempted to leave the
store without paying for $48 in
food and nail products.
• Vehicle burglaries, 7:59 a.m.
March 16, 1300 block South
Main Avenue. Gary Matthew
Schehl, 30, of Astoria was ar-
rested on suspicion of unlawful
entry into two motor vehicles
and second-degree theft.
• Theft of glass floats, 4:40 a.m.
March 17, 800 block King Salm-
on Place. A woman told officers
her surveillance camera record-
ed a man in a hoodie taking
three large glass floats from her
yard between 2:19 and 3:21 a.m.
• Shoplifting, 9:44 p.m. March
18, Walmart. Iddo Solomon
Dechter, 27, of Seaside was ar-
rested on suspicion of attempt-
ing to leave the store without
paying for $109 in clothes,
knives, pens and other items, for
criminal mischief and for pos-
session of methamphetamine.
s uspiCious CirCumstanCes /
disturBanCes
• Disturbance, 12:06 a.m. March
16, Kampers West RV Park. A
man who told officers he was
visiting a friend at the park was
arguing with employees who
confronted him for failing to get
a guest pass and paying $5 to
use the showers. When officers
arrived, the man agreed to pay
the $5 and was trespassed from
the property.
V ehiCles
• Traffic stop, 3:40 p.m. March
14, Harbor Drive at Neptune.
Driver cited for expired registra-
tion and failure to carry insur-
ance.
• Hit-and-run, 2 p.m. March 15,
Highway 101 at Harbor Drive.
• Speeding, 7 p.m. March 15,
Ridge Road south of the KOA.
Driver cited for going 70 in a 45
mph zone.
• Single vehicle off road, no inju-
ries, 9:12 p.m. March 15, High-
way 101 past the grange.
• Vehicle struck parked vehicle,
1:30 p.m. March 16, Walmart
parking lot.
• Fender bender, 4:34 p.m.
March 16, Nisa’s Thai Restau-
• Traffic stop, 7:55 p.m. March
16, Ensign and Discovery lanes.
Jonathan E. Walgren, 28, of
Gearhart was cited for criminal
failure to carry and present a
license, driving while suspended
and driving without insurance.
• Drunken driving, 10:16 p.m.
March 16, Ridge Road at South-
west Ninth Street. Darlene Marie
Harsh-Diltz, 53, of Bigfork,
Mont., was arrested on suspicion
of driving under the influence of
intoxicants. She was booked at
Clatsop County Jail where her
blood-alcohol level was recorded
at 0.14 percent.
• Traffic stop, 11:48 a.m. March
17, Harbor Drive at Highway 101.
Jacob G. Wentz, 19, of Warren-
ton was cited for criminal failure
to carry and present a license, no
valid operator’s license, failure
to carry vehicle registration and
driving without insurance.
• Traffic stop, 7:47 a.m. March
18, South Main Avenue at South-
west Ninth Street. Driver cited
for driving while suspended and
having no insurance.
• Running a stop sign, 3:50 p.m.
March 18, Highway 101 at Mar-
lin Avenue. Driver cited.
• Unlawful stopping, 7:40 p.m.
March 18, Neptune Avenue at
bridge to Young’s Bay Plaza.
Driver cited.
f ire and serViCe Calls
• Structure fire, 7:50 p.m. March
11, 92100 block High Life Road.
• Provide mutual aid for struc-
ture fire, 12:20 a.m. March 14,
45th and Commercial Street,
Astoria.
• Smoke alarm going off, 5:48 p.m.
March 16, 91800 Highway 104.
• Smoke alarm going off, 8:14
p.m. March 17, 91800 Highway
104.
m ediCal Calls
• Male who fell and received head
injury, 11:59 a.m. March 12,
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