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The Columbia Press 2 December 4, 2020 Public safety calls Thefts and burglaries • Shoplifting, 4:31 p.m. Nov. 17, Rite Aid. An unidentified shoplifter left the store without paying for $195 in clothes and cosmetics. • Shoplifting, 4:33 p.m. Nov. 21, Walmart. Iddo S. Dechter, 28, no known address, was cited for The week ahead Note: Most public meetings are being held virtually. In- formation on how to connect is posted on each entity’s web- site, usually attached to the meeting agenda. Monday, Dec. 7 • Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., 1095 Duane St., Second Floor. Tuesday, Dec. 8 • Clatsop County Planning Commission, 10 a.m., 857 Commercial St., Astoria. • Warrenton City Commis- sion, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. • Clatsop Community Col- lege Board of Directors, 6:30 p.m., Columbia Hall Room 219, 1651 Lexington Ave., Astoria. Wednesday, Dec. 9 • Clatsop County Commis- sion, 6 p.m., 857 Commercial St., Astoria. • Warrenton-Hammond School Board, 7 p.m., War- renton High School Library, 1700 S. Main Ave. Thursday, Dec. 10 • Clatsop Plains Citizen Advisory Committee, 2 p.m., Pacific Grange, 90475 Highway 101. • Warrenton Planning Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. • Nature Matters speaker series, 7 p.m., Fort George Brewery, 1483 Duane St., Astoria. Friday, Dec. 11 • Warrenton Community Library Board, 5:30 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. Clatsop County’s only independent weekly newspaper Published by Clatsop County Media Services LLC Send news or address changes to: 5 N Highway 101 #500, Warrenton OR 97146 Cindy Yingst, Publisher/Editor (news@thecolumbiapress.com) 503-861-3331 Peggy Yingst, Advertising Director (ads@thecolumbiapress.com) 503-861-3331 D.B. Lewis, Circulation Director (circulation@thecolumbiapress.com) 503-861-3331 Postage paid at the Warrenton Post Office All content copyrighted by Clatsop County Media Services LLC second-degree theft, criminal mischief and resisting arrest after he allegedly attempted to leave the store without paying for $650 in merchandise, includ- ing knives, axes, flashlights and a bike. • Shoplifting, 12:20 p.m. Nov. 27, Walmart. Hope A. Bodway-Mc- Donald, 23, of Warrenton was cited for third-degree theft after she allegedly attempted to leave the store without paying for $28 in false eyelashes and cosmetics. • Shoplifting, 1 p.m. Nov. 22, Walmart. Rene Munoz Haro, 48, of Longview, Wash., was cited for second-degree theft after he allegedly attempted to leave the store without paying for $434 in merchandise, including a duffle bag and jacket. Suspicious circumstances and disturbances • Dog attacking a vehicle, 1:08 p.m. Nov. 23, Ensign and Dis- covery lanes. A dog belonging to a homeless woman was accused of attacking a vehicle that had stopped at the intersection. The woman was contacted and told to keep the dog on a leash. • Shoplifting, 7:16 p.m. Nov. 23, Walmart. Kimberly D. Falcon- er, 57, of Astoria was cited for third-degree theft after she allegedly attempted to leave the store without paying for $37 in merchandise. • Shoplifting, 12:05 p.m. Nov. 24, Maurice’s. A 42-year-old Astoria woman was trespassed from the store after she allegedly left the store without paying for a skirt and pants valued at $69. The woman’s license plate was cap- tured by surveillance cameras. She willingly returned the items to a police officer. • Trespassing, 12:59 p.m. Nov. 24, Rite Aid. James W. Connell, 56, no known address, was cited for criminal trespassing after he returned to the store where he’d previously been trespassed. • Man damaging merchandise, 4:58 p.m. Nov. 24, Fred Meyer. Luis M. Jimenez, 33, of Astoria was cited for third-degree crim- inal mischief after he allegedly damaged the packaging for shoes and nippy cutters valued at $74. • Counterfeit bill, 3:52 p.m. Nov. 25, Clipper Station. The hair salon reported receiving a coun- terfeit $20 bill. Traffic • Two-vehicle collision, no inju- ries, 5 p.m. Nov. 12, South Main Avenue at Third Street. • Traffic stop, 3:20 p.m. Nov. 23, 600 block South Main Avenue. Driver cited for driving without a license and having no insurance. • Speeding, 7:35 a.m. Nov. 24, Ridge Road near soccer fields. Driver cited for going 65 in a 45 mph zone. • Rear-end collision, no injuries, 11:40 a.m. Nov. 24, 500 block East Harbor Drive. One driver cited for careless driving. • Running a stop sign, 9:10 p.m. Nov. 24, Highway 101 Business at Southeast Airport Road. Hope A. Bodway-McDonald, 23, of Warrenton was cited for failing to carry and present a license, disobeying a traffic-control device, driving without a license and having no insurance. • Traffic stop, 10:15 p.m. Nov. 24, Highway 101 at Ensign Lane. Driver cited for driving without a license. • Three-vehicle collision, 1:24 p.m. Nov. 25, Highway 101 near Marlin Avenue. One driver com- plained of pain and was treated at the scene. • Vehicle into ditch, 8:36 p.m. Nov. 25, Northwest Warrenton Drive at Northwest 15th Street. Adam Thomas Keil, 36, of Houston, Texas, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants and refusing to take a breath test. He was booked at Clatsop County Jail. • Rear-end collision, no injuries, 3:40 p.m. Nov. 27, Highway 101 at Neptune Drive. • Failure to maintain a single lane, 4:10 p.m. Nov. 28, South- east 18th Street at South Main Avenue. Driver cited. • Traffic stop, 4:21 p.m. Nov. 30, Ridge Road near KOA. Driver cit- ed for driving while suspended. • Hit-and-run vehicle into parked car, 9 p.m. Nov. 30, Fred Meyer.