T he C olumbia P ress
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June 5, 2020
Public safety calls
t hefts and Burglaries
• Vehicle burglary, 9:14 a.m. May
18, 300 block Northwest First
Street. About $2,300 in tools,
sunglasses and fishing gear was
taken.
• Shoplifting, 7:02 p.m. May 23,
Walmart. Michael J. Lyly, 34, of
Hillsboro and Lacey M. Hart-
man, 27, of Oregon City were
cited for third-degree theft after
they allegedly attempted to leave
the store without paying for $49
in clothes and food. Lyly also
was cited for criminal mischief
for damaging the packaging for
a watch.
• Shoplifting, 5:45 p.m. May 24,
Walmart. James Wayne Connell,
56, no known address, was cited
for third-degree theft and crim-
inal mischief after he allegedly
attempted to leave the store
without paying for $52 in bicycle
tubes, gloves and a belt.
• Theft, 6 p.m. May 28, Fred
Meyer. Christopher I. Hutson,
39, of Long Beach was cited for
second-degree theft after he
allegedly took a nine-person
tent valued at $200, and walked
out the grocery exit. When store
security attempted to stop him,
he showed them a receipt from
another store, then began run-
ning, got into a pickup and drove
away. Police stopped the pickup
on the Astoria-Meglar Bridge.
He also was cited for failure to
carry and present a license.
• Vehicle theft, 4:31 p.m. May 28,
Home Depot.
• Shoplifting, 8:05 p.m. May 29,
Walmart. Allis M.C. Harris, 28,
of Rainier was cited for third-de-
gree theft and criminal mischief
after she allegedly attempted to
leave the store without paying
for a dress, curling wand, dash
cam and jewelry valued at $66.
Southwest 18th Street at South-
west Juniper Avenue. Driver
cited for having no insurance.
• Fraud, 8:17 a.m. May 28, a
woman reported a fraudulent
rental listing on CraigsList for a
house on Russell Drive in Ham-
mond.
29, 800 block
Eighth Avenue,
Hammond. A
woman asked
an intoxicated
man to leave the
home she shared
with her 8-year-
McCleary
old daughter. He
returned a short time later and
created a disturbance. Jacob
Cale McCleary, 34, of Joseph
was arrested on suspicion of
criminal trespassing, criminal
mischief, theft, harassment and
tampering with evidence.
V ehiCles
• Traffic stop, 6:33 a.m. May
26, South Main Avenue at 11th
Street. Driver was cited for driv-
ing while suspended and having
no insurance.
• Trespassing, 7:27 p.m. May
• Traffic stop, 5:05 p.m. May 26,
• Crash, no injuries, 11:03 a.m.
May 28, Highway 30 at Ivy Sta-
tion Road, Knappa. The wheel of
a westbound pickup truck came
off and struck an oncoming Jeep
Cherokee, causing it to blow one
of its tires.
s uspiCious CirCumstanCes /
disturBanCes
• Trespassing, 10:50 p.m. May
26, Fred Meyer. Kourtney Marie
Scott, 30, of Vernonia was cited
for criminal trespassing and
Dillon James Dethlefs, 25, of
Vernonia was cited for criminal
mischief.
• Traffic stop, 8:07 p.m. May
26, South Main Avenue at 15th
Street. Devin Michael Fields, 27,
of Astoria was cited for criminal
failure to carry and present a
license, driving while suspended
and having no insurance.
• Impaired driver, 9:40 p.m. May
27, Highway 101 near Cannon
Beach. Gary Dean Leer, 54, of
Cannon Beach was arrested
on suspicion of driving under
the influence of intoxicants
and reckless driving. He was
booked at Seaside Jail, where his
blood-alcohol level was recorded
at 0.17 percent.
• Hit-and-run, 11:59 a.m. May
28, Fred Meyer parking lot. A
woman reported $1,500 in dam-
age to her vehicle while she was
shopping.
• Single-vehicle collision, no inju-
ries, 12:19 p.m. May 28, High-
way 103 at Pope-Meeker Lane. A
57-year-old Seaside man driving
a sport-utility vehicle panicked
when he rounded a sharp curve
and was met by an oncoming fire
truck with lights and sirens. He
overcorrected, slid on gravel and
struck a utility pole.
• Speeding, 8:32 p.m. May 30,
location no given. Cody Lee
Remington, 30, city not given,
was found to be in violation of
a restraining order and arrest-
ed on suspicion of contempt of
court. He was booked at Clatsop
County Jail.
• Traffic stop, 11:30 p.m. May 30,
Ensign Lane near Costco. Driver
cited for driving while suspend-
ed.
• Speeding, 3:25 p.m. May 31,
Ridge Road near Parkview
Apartments. Driver cited for
going 68 in a 45 mph zone.