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Public safety calls
The week ahead
Public Meetings
W ednesday , s ept . 4
• Warrenton-Hammond
School District work session
on core values and visioning, 6
p.m., Warrenton High School
Library, 1700 S. Main Ave.
• Gearhart City Council,
7 p.m., City Hall, 698 Pacific
Way.
Groups & Events
s unday , s ept . 1
• Astoria Sunday Market,
10 a.m. -3 p.m., along 11th
Street.
M onday , s ept . 2
• Labor Day, a federal holiday
honoring the contributions
workers have made to the
United States.
t hefts and Burglaries
t uesday , s ept . 3
• Schools back in session.
• Preschool story and art,
10:30 a.m., Warrenton Com-
munity Library, 160 S. Main
Ave. Topic: cats.
W ednesday , s ept . 4
• TOPS, Take Off Pounds
Sensibly, 10 a.m., First Bap-
tist Church, 30 N.E. First St.
• Seaside Farmer’s Market,
2-6 p.m., 1120 Broadway.
t hursday , s ept . 5
• Last day to file measures for
November election.
• Fish and Farmer’s Mar-
ket, 2-6 p.m. (new hours),
Warrenton Marina.
s aturday , s ept . 7
• Preschool story and art,
10:30 a.m., Warrenton Com-
munity Library, 160 S. Main
Ave. Topic: cats.
College news
Three Clatsop County res-
idents were named to the
dean’s list for spring term at
Eastern Oregon University.
They are Abby Mathews
and Bethany Workman of
Warrenton and Danielle Wil-
liams of Cannon Beach.
To qualify, students main-
tained a grand-point aver-
age of 3.5 or higher while
completing a full schedule.
EOU is a liberal arts universi-
ty based in La Grande.
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August 30, 2019
• Shoplifting, 7 p.m. Aug. 20,
Walmart. Bradley K. Bern, 43,
of Astoria was cited for third-de-
gree theft and criminal mischief
after he left the store allegedly
without paying for $29 in soda
and flea spray.
• Burglary, 9:18 a.m. Aug. 21,
Main Street Market. Jared Cur-
tis Cupit, 44, no known address,
was arrested for second-degree
burglary after he allegedly took
$40 worth of bottles and a bag
filled with recycled cans from
the store’s back room.
• Shoplifting, 11:08 p.m. Aug. 22,
Walmart. Lysandra Y. Hughes,
36, of Bonney Lake, Wash., was
cited for second-degree theft
after she allegedly attempted to
leave the store without paying
for $184 in food, clothes, school
supplies and pet food.
• Shoplifting, 4 p.m. Aug. 24,
Walmart. Barry L. Cope Jr., 31,
of Grand Ronde was cited for
criminal second-degree theft
after he left the store alleged-
ly without paying for $430 in
music equipment, wiring and a
drill.
• Shoplifting, 4:30 p.m. Aug. 25,
Walmart. Samson Alexander
Long, 20, of Long Beach, Wash.,
was cited for third-degree theft
after he allegedly attempt to
leave the store without paying
for merchandise.
• Shoplifting, 10:01 p.m. Aug. 25,
Walmart. Jonathan E. Walgren,
28, of Gearhart was cited for
third-degree theft, criminal mis-
chief, criminal trespassing and
carrying a concealed weapon af-
ter he allegedly attempted to run
from the store without paying
for $55 in batteries and a DVD.
s uspiCious CirCuMstanCes /
disturBanCes
• Suspicious circumstances, 3:08
a.m. Aug. 15, Les Schwab. A
woman was seen walking along
the fence line near Clatsop Dis-
tributing. She told officers she
was waiting for her boyfriend to
pick her up, but later admitted
they were homeless and sleeping
in their vehicle at the business.
• Disturbance, 12:38 p.m. Aug.
15, Highway 101 at Ensign Lane.
Richard Paul Williams, 61,
no known address, was cited
for second-degree disorderly
conduct.
• Trespassing, 10:53 p.m. Aug.
19, Fort Pointe property off
Ridge Road. Lonie Charles
Davis Jr., 41, no known address,
was trespassed from the vacant
property.
• Found property, 10:50 a.m.
Aug. 20, Verizon Store. A cus-
tomer found a black Motorola
G-6 cell phone outside the store.
• Trespassing, 8:32 p.m. Aug.
23, Walmart. Lonny Alan Baker,
30, and Chelsey Jean Gutierrez,
28, both of Seaside, were cited
for criminal trespassing after
returning to the store from
which they’d been trespassed
previously.
• Disturbance, 1:51 a.m. Aug. 24,
Warrenton Mini Mart. Roman
Orlando Thomas, 30, of War-
renton was arrested on suspi-
cion of disorderly conduct.
• Assist delusional woman, 8:03
p.m. Aug. 24, Fred Meyer. The
43-year old woman from Ocean
Park, Wash., initially reported
she’d been kidnapped, then said
her child had been kidnapped,
then said she’d been attacked by
a sex offender. She requested to
go to Warrenton Mini Mart and
an officer gave her a ride.
• Digging through trash re-
ceptacles, 12:20 a.m. Aug. 25,
behind Bubba’s Sports Bar
and Warrenton Mini Mart. A
man and woman pushing carts
were rummaging through bins
and the man became verbally
aggressive when approached.
The 33-year-old Hammond man
was cited for breaking a city
ordinance prohibiting digging in
garbage bins.
• Dogs killed neighbor’s chick-
ens, 2:11 a.m. Aug. 26, 200
block Southwest Birch Court.
Dogs were turned over to Clat-
sop County Animal Control.
• Disturbance, 8:54 a.m. Aug.
26, Shilo Inn. Joshua A. Koop-
mann, 25, of Gresham was
arrested on a warrant and for
giving false information to a
police officer.
V ehiCles
• Drunken driving, 4:20 p.m.
Aug. 13, 200 block Southwest
Alder. Herbert G. Bechtolt, 71,
of Warrenton was arrested on
suspicion of driving under the
influence of intoxicants. He was
booked at Clatsop County Jail,
where he was cited for refusing
to take a breath test.
• Vehicle vs. pedestrian hit-and-
run, 9:14 p.m. Aug. 13, Highway
101 at Alternate Highway 101. A
27-year-old woman was walking
with her boyfriend when she
was struck by a car, sustaining
injuries to her foot.
• Traffic stop, 11:10 p.m. Aug. 16,
Highway 101 Business at Clover
Road. Lynda Lee Owens, 37, of
Astoria was cited for criminal
driving while suspended, failure
to carry and present a license
and driving without insurance.
• Hit-and-run collision, 2:25 p.m.
Aug. 20, Home Depot parking
lot.
• Vehicle vs. bicyclist, 9:59 p.m.
Aug. 23, Ensign Lane at High-
way 101. The driver pulled into
the intersection and struck an
oncoming bicyclist he didn’t see.
No injuries. Driver agreed to buy
the rider a new bicycle.
• Traffic stop, 8:40 a.m. Aug. 24,
Highway 101 at Neptune Drive.
Fredrick Lon Sherman, 38, of
Astoria was cited for criminal
failure to carry and present a
license, driving while suspended
and driving without insurance.
• Running a stop sign, 12:55 p.m.
Aug. 25, 19th and Chokeberry
streets. Driver cited.
• Traffic stop, 4 p.m. Aug. 25,
Marlin Avenue at Harbor Drive.
Sabino Garcia-Perez, 51, of
Warrenton was cited for crimi-
nal failure to carry and present a
license, driving without a license
and driving without insurance.
• Illegal U-turn, 3:55 p.m. Aug.
26, South Main Avenue at
Southwest First Street. Driver
cited.