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T he C olumbia P ress February 21, 2020 Man suspected of assaulting girlfriend found bloodied A Warrenton man remained cause her boyfriend had been in custody Wednesday follow- “breaking tables and glasses ing an assault on his girlfriend in the home and acting very early on Valentine’s crazy,” Pierce said the day. child told him. They Casey Walter Wag- left the home, but the ner, 39, was booked boyfriend followed and at Clatsop County Jail allegedly pushed the on suspicion of felony woman to the ground. assault. The child said the Two officers on pa- man left the area when trol came upon a wom- he saw police approach, Wagner an and a 9-year-old boy the officer wrote. walking on South Main Av- The 43-year-old woman enue near 18th Street about was taken to Columbia Me- 12:15 a.m. Feb. 14. morial Hospital for treat- She had a cut on her chin ment; the child wasn’t in- and lip, which had bled sig- jured. nificantly onto her shirt, Sgt. Attempts to locate the wom- James Pierce wrote in a prob- an’s boyfriend were unsuc- able cause declaration. cessful and Pierce wrote the The woman said he’d been affidavit so the court would injured by her live-in boy- issue an arrest warrant. friend, who shoved her head Wagner was arrested by onto the pavement because Seaside Police on a separate she’d refused to walk with warrant the next day and him, Pierce wrote. brought to Clatsop Coun- The woman and her child ty Jail, where he could be had left their residence be- booked for the felony assault. Court: Four will vie for festival title Continued from Page 1 percent Finnish. Emma, a ju- nior at Astoria High School, enjoys playing varsity soccer and softball and has partici- pated in 4-H for eight years. She plans to pursue a career in sports medicine. Elle Espelian is Miss Nor- way. Elle hopes to learn more about her heritage and improve her public speak- ing skills while serving on the court. Her family enjoys making lefse at the holidays. Elle, a junior at Astoria High School, is an equestrian and likes soccer and basketball. She plans to study physical therapy or psychology. The junior court is made up of junior Miss Finland Avery Hoyer of Knappa, junior Miss Norway Kilee Svensen of As- toria, junior Miss Sweden Pe- tra Cereghino of Astoria, and crown bearer Max Rathfon of Knappa. Chaperones are Carol Chase for the senior court and Con- stance Waisanen for the ju- nior court. The court will be introduced at a ceremony at 7 p.m. Tues- day, March 10, at Astoria High School. The event is free and open to the public. Sofia Morrill of Warrenton, the current Miss Scandina- via, will assist in the ceremo- ny. One of the country repre- sentatives will take her place when they are crowned queen during the festival, which is held the third full weekend of June. The festival started in 1968 and is sponsored by the non- profit Astoria Scandinavian Heritage Association. 3 Man causes two disturbances in neighborhood A homeless man refused to come out, whose family lives in Officer Jeff Dalrym- Warrenton was arrest- ple wrote in a police ed on several charges report. The officer at- Feb. 16 after he broke tempted to speak with into a home next door Wolf through a side to them. window but, due to Steven Michael Wolf, road traffic, couldn’t Wolf 42, was booked at Clat- understand his re- sop County Jail on suspicion sponses. of burglary, resisting arrest The man’s brother, who’d and possession of metham- been hired to work on the phetamine. 71-year-old neighbor’s The family called police at home, gave police a key. 3:26 p.m. to report he was “When Steven Wolf made in their home, a place where his way to the back door of he’d been banned by court the residence, I gained entry order. While officers weren’t able to resolve the issue because of various circumstances, they were called again at 3:50 p.m. by the owner of a neighboring home in the 100 block of Alternate High- way 101. Wolf had locked himself inside the residence and Van crash knocks out sign, power A Cannon Beach man was arrested on a variety of charges Feb. 14 after his vehi- cle struck a highway sign and a utility pole before coming to rest in a ditch, according to po- lice. The crash on Alternate High- way 101 near Dolphin Avenue Lyons brought down power lines and caused an outage in parts of Warrenton, forcing school closures. Zachary Leray Lyons, 26, was booked at Clatsop Coun- ty Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence of intox- icants-drugs, reckless driving and hit-and run. Lyons was taken to Colum- bia Memorial Hospital for a welfare check before his transport to jail. by the house key,” the officer wrote. “Steven Wolf came running and plowed into the door as I was opening it up. … I informed (him) that he was under arrest. Several times Steven Wolf pushed as I pushed back.” The officer gained entry and Wolf continued to resist arrest. During jail booking, a small plastic baggie of white powder was found in Wolf’s wallet, along with the neigh- bor’s house key, the officer wrote.
