T he C olumbia P ress
July 5, 2019
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Attempted carjacking leads to chase and crash
Courtesy Fort Stevens VFW
Dana Warren, Brian Walker and Joyce Allison serve food at
last month’s VFW fundraiser.
VFW still selling chances for
prizes as part of fundraiser
A spaghetti and silent auc-
tion fundraiser to benefit
7-year-old Jackson Humpal
raised $2,500.
Jackson, whose parents are
serving locally in the Coast
Guard, was diagnosed with
leukemia in March. The fund-
raiser was sponsored by Fort
Stevens VFW Post 10580 and
Auxiliary.
Tickets for auction items
that came in after the event
still are being sold. Items
being raffled include a AAA
membership, Fast Lube gift
card, Buoy Beer gift card,
Pat’s Pantry gift card, River-
Zen Yoga gift card, and four
passes to the Columbia River
Maritime Museum.
Tickets are $1 each or six
for $5. Purchase tickets by
sending an email to vfw-
post10580@gmail.com
or
come to the concession stand
at Robinson Community
Park on July 4 or during soft-
ball game days. The drawing
will be held July 14.
Deputy to graduate from academy
A Clatsop County sheriff’s
deputy is among the gradu-
ates of the Oregon Depart-
ment of Public Safety Stan-
dards and Training’s basic
police class.
The 16-week class cov-
ers survival skills, firearms,
emergency vehicle opera-
tions, ethics, cultural diver-
sity, problem solving, com-
munity policing, elder abuse,
drug recognition, and more.
Deputy Eric Dotson will
graduate from the basic po-
lice class July 12 in Salem.
A Kelso man was arrested
Sunday after he led peace of-
ficers on a high-speed chase
on Interstate 5 and High-
way 30 before crashing into
a sheriff’s vehicle in Clats-
kanie.
Gregorio Ivan Layna, 35,
was arrested by Oregon State
Police for eluding an officer.
Cowlitz County, Wash., Sher-
iff’s Office is expected to file
charges on attempting to
elude, possession of a stolen
vehicle, second-degree as-
sault, hit-and-run and resist-
ing arrest. Ridgefield police
expect to file charges for at-
tempted carjacking.
A man called police in
Ridgefield, Wash., after the
suspect put him in a head-
lock and stole his keys, but
was unable to start the vehi-
cle, Oregon State Police re-
ported.
Ridgefield officers attempt-
ed to arrest the suspect, but
he was able to escape after a
foot pursuit. He then fled in
a silver Ford F150 that had
been reported stolen out of
St. Helens.
Cowlitz County Sheriff’s
Deputy Brady Spaulding
Kids can become
junior naturalists
Wildlife Center of the North
Coast will have a weeklong
summer camp for kids who
want to become junior natu-
ralists.
The camp is open to stu-
dents entering third and
fourth grades who want to
learn about animals and dis-
cover the outdoors. The Wild-
life Center is on 105 acres and
campers will visit wetlands,
forests and other habitats.
Camp is from 8 a.m. to noon
July 22-26. Cost is $150, with
a limited number of scholar-
ships available.
For more information or to
sign up, go online to coastwild-
life.org or call 503-338-0331.
After crash-
ing into a
sheriff’s
vehicle in
Clatskanie,
a carjacking
suspect’s
vehicle is
surrounded.
Courtesy
Oregon State
Police
spotted the truck headed
north on I-5 near exit 27 and
attempted to pull the man
over, but he fled at speeds
over 100 mph and used all
three lanes to evade police,
according to the report.
The suspect avoided spike
strips
and
intentionally
swerved at a deputy who
was outside of his vehicle at-
tempting to deploy the spike
strips.
The suspect vehicle took
exit 39 and collided with a
vehicle that was stopped for
a red light, police said. While
the vehicle was damaged, the
occupant was not injured.
The suspect took the Lew-
is and Clark bridge into Or-
egon, then continued west
on Highway 30. The driver
forced eastbound vehicles out
of their lanes in his attempt
to flee.
As the suspect continued
into Clatskanie, he collided
with a sheriff’s patrol vehi-
cle and was then pinned in
by multiple patrol vehicles to
end the pursuit. The man at-
tempt to flee the vehicle and
resisted arrest, police said.
Deputies deployed a tas-
er and a K-9 unit to take the
suspect into custody. One
deputy was cut by broken
glass during the altercation,
requiring sutures.
Layna was convicted in
2016 of burglarizing a barn,
stealing a motorhome and
trafficking in stolen property.