The Columbia Press
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January 29, 2021
Public safety calls
Warrants
• Traffic stop, 1:26 p.m. Jan. 19,
Marlin Avenue at Southeast
Seventh Street. Tyler James
The week ahead
Note: Most public meetings
are being held virtually. In-
formation on how to connect
is posted on each entity’s
website, usually attached to
the meeting agenda.
Monday, Feb. 1
• Astoria City Council, 7
p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane
St.
Tuesday, Feb. 2
• Clatsop County Fair
Board, 5:30 p.m. Feb. 2,
Exhibit Hall, 92937 Wallus-
ki Loop.
• Port of Astoria, 4 p.m.,
422 Gateway Ave., Suite
100, Atoria.
Wednesday, Feb. 3
• Gearhart City Council,
7 p.m., City Hall, 698 Pacific
Way.
Thursday, Feb. 4
• Ales & Ideas lecture, 7
p.m., story on Page 8.
Long, 25, of Ilwaco, Wash., was
arrested on a failure to appear
warrant and cited for driving
while suspended.
• Warrant service, 1:28 p.m. Jan.
20, 89700 block Lewis & Clark
Road. John Wesley Trent, 46,
of Astoria was arrested on a
warrant.
• Warrant service, 3:45 p.m. Jan.
20, Ensign Lane near Dollar
Tree. Wendy Gaylynn Phil-
lips, 39, of Cannon Beach was
arrested on a failure to appear
warrant.
• Warrant service, 10:30 a.m. Jan
21, Warrenton City Hall. Mat-
thew Corey Ruljancich, 32, of
Astoria was arrested on a failure
to appear warrant.
store without paying for $233 in
batteries, lights, headphones and
a power bank.
• Shoplifting, 4:25 p.m. Jan. 15,
Fred Meyer. Daniel Robert Day,
33, no known address, was cited
for third-degree theft after he
allegedly attempted to leave the
store without paying for $20 in
merchandise.
• Shoplifting, 9:30 p.m. Jan.
18, Walmart. Mary R. Stephan,
38, of Naselle, Wash., was cited
for third-degree theft after she
allegedly attempted to leave the
store without paying for a digital
capacitor, cat food and bug spray
valued at $73.
• Warrant service, 3:48 p.m.
Jan. 21, 1000 block East Harbor
Drive. Timothy Michael Goza,
51, no known address, was
arrested on a detainer warrant
from Clatsop County Parole and
Probation.
• Shoplifting, 11:35 p.m. Jan. 18,
Walmart. Toni L. Ramvick, 36,
of Astoria was cited for third-de-
gree theft after she allegedly
attempted to leave the store
without paying for candle wax, a
wax warmer and gift bag valued
at $46.
Thefts and burglaries
• Shoplifting, 2:55 p.m. Jan.
9, Fred Meyer. James Wayne
Connell, 56, no known address,
was cited for second-degree theft
and criminal trespassing after he
allegedly attempted to leave the
• Shoplifting, 11:50 a.m. Jan. 21,
Walmart. Timothy M. Goza, 51,
no known address, was cited
for third-degree theft after he
allegedly attempted to leave the
store with several beers in his
pockets valued at $13.
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• Shoplifting, 5:20 p.m. Jan. 23,
Fred Meyer. William Francis
Bagley, 32, no known address,
was cited for third-degree theft
after he allegedly attempted to
leave the store without paying
for $55 in merchandise.
• Auto theft, 8:59 a.m. Jan. 24,
1300 block Ridge Road.
• Shoplifting, 12:56 p.m. Jan.
24, Walmart. Vincent Davidson
Gilbert, 32, of Portland was cited
for third-degree theft after he
allegedly attempted to leave the
store without paying for stereo
speakers, an antenna adapter
and a speaker cable valued at
$59.
• Vehicle burglary, 4:53 p.m. Jan.
24, 1200 block Southwest Ninth
Street. A 61-year-old Warren-
ton resident reported someone
stole her Garmin GPS unit and a
cellphone charger valued at $215
from her vehicle.
• Shoplifting, 11:38 p.m. Jan.
25, Walmart. Christian A. Daly,
31, of Hillsboro was arrested on
suspicion of unlawful possession
of heroin, criminal trespassing,
second-degree theft and criminal
mischief after he allegedly at-
tempted to leave the store with-
out paying for $263 in shoes,
clothes, lights and a keyboard.
Suspicious circumstances
and disturbances
• Disturbance, 7:45 p.m. Jan. 17,
Walmart. Joshua E. Tucker, 35,
of Portland was cited for crimi-
nal disorderly conduct.
• Disturbance, 11:04 a.m. Jan. 19,
Fred Meyer. Nicholas J. Heck,
53, of Astoria was cited for crim-
inal disorderly conduct.
Traffic
• Traffic stop, 10 p.m. Jan. 18,
Highway 101 near Premarq
Center. Driver cited for having
no insurance.
• Vehicle into ditch, minor inju-
ries, 1:57 a.m. Jan. 20, Ensign
Lane east of Highway 101.
• Traffic stop, 12:06 p.m. Jan.
20, Highway 101 Business at
Fort Clatsop Road. Driver cited
for driving while suspended and
having no insurance.
• Hit-and-run collision, 1:58 p.m.
Jan. 20, Walmart parking lot. A
76-year-old Wilsonville resident
reported her Subaru Outback
had been struck.
• Hit-and-run collision, 3:15 p.m.
Jan. 20, location unknown. A
66-year-old Warrenton resident
reported his Toyota had been
struck on the passenger side at
one of several locations where
he’d been shopping.
• Hit-and-run collision, 4:14 p.m.
Jan. 20, 900 block South Main
Avenue. A 76-year-old Astoria
resident reported her Kia Forte
had been struck on the passen-
ger side.
• Vehicle into ditch, no injury,
2:11 p.m. Jan. 21, Southeast
Airport Lane.
• Three-vehicle collision, no
injuries, 11:28 p.m. Jan. 23,
Highway 101 east of Harbor
Drive. Kent Paul Cawlfield, 21,
of Warrenton was arrested on
suspicion of reckless driving and
two counts of reckless endanger-
ment after his Dodge Charger
sideswiped two cars on Youngs
Bay Bridge. A second driver was
cited for driving while suspend-
ed.
• Traffic stop, 8:45 p.m. Jan. 24,
Harbor Drive at Heron Street.
Driver cited for driving while
suspended.
• Traffic stop, 5:26 a.m. Jan. 25,
Harbor Drive at Heron Street.
William J.C. Hunt, 37, of Astoria
was cited for criminal driving
while suspended.
• Rear-end collision, no injuries,
11:10 a.m. Jan., 25, Highway 101
at Harbor Drive. Kevin Vance
Miller, 42, of Warrenton was
arrested on suspicion of criminal
failure to carry and present a
license, unlawful possession of a
knife, carrying a concealed weap-
on, and cited for driving while
suspended, having no insurance
and following too closely.
• Traffic stop, 10:10 p.m. Jan. 25,
Highway 101 at Marlin Avenue.
Driver cited for having no insurance.
Fire calls
• Slash fire/traffic hazard, 2 p.m.
Jan. 25, Highway 101 near Sun-
set Beach Lane.
• Tent on fire, one injury, 3:43
p.m. Jan. 26, transient camp off
Jetty Street behind Goodwill.
Medical calls
• Medical call, 7:58 p.m. Jan. 21,
500 block Pacific Drive.
• Medical call, 12:02 a.m. Jan.
22, 92200 block Moore Road.
• Unresponsive male, 8:26 a.m.
Jan. 21, 800 block Alternate
Highway 101.
• Medical call, 1:16 a.m. Jan. 23,
92200 block Moore Road.
• Deceased person, 12:25 p.m.
Jan. 25, Jetty Road near Parking
Lot D, Fort Stevens State Park.
• Medical call, 12:56 p.m. Jan. 25,
1200 block SW Cedar Avenue.
• Medical call, 3:44 a.m. Jan. 26,
200 block SW Alder Avenue.
• Medical call, 10:48 a.m. Jan.
26, 90500 block Lewis Road.
• Female fall patient, 3:48 p.m.
Jan. 26, Glenwood Village.