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
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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.
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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.