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T he C olumbia P ress March 13, 2020 Public safety calls Continued from Page 2 • Speeding, 8:19 a.m. March 9, location not given. After officer smelled marijuana in car, minor driver was given field sobriety tests and failed. He was booked at Clatsop County Jail for driving under the influence of intoxicants and cited for going 75 in a 55 mph zone and having no insur- ance. Two passengers were cited for being minors in possession of marijuana. • Equipment violation, 2:29 p.m. March 10, Highway 202 south of Tapiola Park, Astoria. James George Walters, 49, of Astoria was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants and cited for having no operator’s license. (OSP) F ire and serViCe Calls • Live power line onto road, 7:59 a.m. March 7, Highway 101 Busi- ness just north of Old Youngs Bay Bridge. Highway closed for more than an hour. (OSP) • Carbon monoxide alarm, 9:02 p.m. March 9, 700 block North- west Warrenton Drive. M ediCal Calls • Emergency patient arriving by helicopter, 5:26 p.m. March 4, Coast Guard Station Astoria. • Diabetic emergency, 8:30 p.m. March 4, 200 block Southwest Alder Avenue. • Difficulty breathing, 10:23 a.m. March 6, 100 block south High- way 101. • Heart issues, 3:45 p.m. March 7, 1600 block Ensign Lane. • Chest pain, 8:36 p.m. March 7, 800 block Pacific Drive, Ham- mond. • Unconscious person, 9:05 a.m. March 8, 33200 block Sunset Beach Lane. • Issues with high blood pressure, 11:49 p.m. March 8, 100 block Northwest Fourth Street. • Possible stroke, 12:16 p.m. March 9, 1100 block Northwest Warrenton Drive. • Diabetic issues, 5:19 p.m. March 9, 500 block Date Avenue. • Difficulty breathing, 8:02 p.m. March 9, 33100 block Oregon Lane. 3 Five arts groups with local ties win state grants Small grants that can make a big dif- ference in ensuring residents have access to the arts have been awarded to 101 orga- nizations statewide by the Oregon Arts Commission. Five of those groups are based in or have ties to Clatsop Coun- A class poses while taking a break at Astoria Arts ty. They are Astoria and Movement Center. Arts and Movement Center, Astoria Visual Arts, Hoffman Center for the Arts profit in Manzanita, North Coast Chorale, and 45th Parallel of Portland, which has been lend- ing musicians and performing this year at the Liberty The- atre. The small operating grants are designed to provide operating support to groups with budgets under $150,000. Eligibility is limited to established non- groups that provide ongoing, sustained artistic programming and outreach programs. Each organization received $1,494. “This grant program was developed to increase the Arts Commission’s support of Oregon’s small arts provid- ers,” Arts Commission Chair Anne Taylor said. “These organizations fre- quently represent the only arts presenter for remote and underserved regions of the state,” she said. Man pleads not guilty to 11 charges after downtown pursuit male subject run to the driv- er’s door and a female jump The man who led officers on into the right front passenger a high-speed chase through seat,” Sgt. Jim Pierce wrote in downtown Warrenton on Feb. a probable cause declaration. 29 pleaded not guilty to nu- “I turned my patrol car broad- merous charges this week. side as the male driver … at- Cody Alexander Arnett, 27, tempted to ram the side of my of Vancouver was arrested af- patrol vehicle.” ter a manhunt around the Pre- A chase ensued through marq Center and Shilo Inn. downtown. A woman headed According to police reports south on Main Avenue near and court documents, Arnett the high school told police the and a woman who was with white Audi came at her vehi- him both were driv- cle in her lane, nearly ing vehicles stolen striking her head-on from the Vancouver and forcing her to area. At some point, swerve quickly, ac- while Arnett was cording to a court driving a white Audi document. and the woman was The Audi contin- driving a Ford Ex- ued north on Main plorer, a communi- then headed toward cation between them Highway 101 along prompted a witness Harbor Drive, where near the KOA camp- police lost sight of Arnett ground on Ridge him. A short time lat- Road to call police to er, a sheriff’s deputy report a case of road rage. spotted the car parked at Shi- Arnett was swerving toward lo Inn. A clerk said the couple the SUV as if he were trying came in and rented a room, to run her down. When of- but took off running down ficers arrived, she was near the hall before she could give Parkview Apartments and the them a key, according to the Audi was stopped beside her. declaration. She got into his vehicle and he The woman was found hiding sped away as police arrived. in a hallway off the lobby and “I was approaching from told officers Arnett was her the south and observed a boyfriend and she was afraid The Columbia Press of him, which is why she got in the car. She claimed to have no knowledge of the stolen Ford Explorer. Yet a witness had snapped a photo of her inside the vehicle when the road rage incident first began. The Ford had been stolen the previous day from a busi- ness in Vancouver. A man slipped into the back room at Party City and stole the purs- es of two female employees, according to a police report. He used the keys from one of them to steal the SUV. The white Audi had been sto- len off the lot at REV Motors in Beaverton. Arnett has been charged with six counts of recklessly endan- gering others, two counts of auto theft, fleeing/attempting to elude police, reckless driv- ing and attempting to commit a Class A felony. He pleaded not guilty to all charges during an arraignment Monday. The name of the woman has been withheld pending issu- ance of a warrant for her ar- rest.
